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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriRichard Parks BLAND
(1835-1899)
BLAND, Richard Parks, a
Representative from Missouri; born near Hartford, Ohio County, Ky.,
August 19, 1835; received an academic education; moved to Missouri
in 1855, thence to California, and later to that portion of Utah
which is now the State of Nevada; taught school for several years;
studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Virginia City; also interested in mining; treasurer of Carson
County from 1860 until the organization of the State government of
Nevada; returned to Missouri in 1865 and continued the practice of
law in Rolla; moved to Lebanon, Laclede County, in August 1869;
elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third and to the ten succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee on
Mines and Mining (Forty-fourth Congress), Committee on Coinage,
Weights, and Measures (Forty-eighth through Fiftieth Congresses and
Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses); sponsor of the
Bland-Allison silver purchase act of 1878; unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; elected to the
Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4,
1897, until his death; in 1896 was a prominent candidate for the
Democratic nomination for President, receiving two hundred and
ninety votes; died in Lebanon, Mo., June 15, 1899; interment in
Lebanon Cemetery.
Bibliography
Haswell, Harold A., Jr. “The Public Life of Congressman
Richard Parks Bland.” Ph.D. diss., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1951.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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