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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriHenry Taylor BLOW
(1817-1875)
BLOW, Henry Taylor, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Southampton County, Va., July
15, 1817; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1830; attended St. Louis
University in 1830 and 1831; engaged in the paint and oil business
and later became especially interested in lead mines; member of the
State senate 1854-1858; served as Minister Resident at Venezuela
from June 8, 1861, to February 22, 1862; elected as an
Unconditional Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress and as a
Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3,
1867); was not a candidate for renomination in 1866; resumed his
former business pursuits; Minister to Brazil from May 1, 1869, to
February 11, 1871; was a member of the Board of Commissioners of
the District of Columbia in 1874 and 1875; died in Saratoga,
Saratoga County, N.Y., September 11, 1875; interment in
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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