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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriGeorge Henry CHRISTOPHER
(1888-1959)
CHRISTOPHER, George Henry,
a Representative from Missouri; born on a farm in Bates County,
near Butler, Mo., December 9, 1888; attended the public schools of
Bates County, Mo.; was graduated from Hill’s Business
College, Sedalia, Mo., in 1907; lived on a farm in Calhoun County,
Ill., and in Craig County, near Vinita, Okla; owned and operated a
farm in Bates County, Mo.; elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-first Congress (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1951);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950 to the Eighty-second
Congress; assistant to the director, Agricultural Conservation
Program, Department of Agriculture, from January 1951 to September
1952; elected to the Eighty-fourth, Eighty-fifth, and Eighty-sixth
Congresses and served from January 3, 1955, until his death in
Washington, D.C., January 23, 1959; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery,
Butler, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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