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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJohn COSGROVE
(1839-1925)
COSGROVE, John, a
Representative from Missouri; born near Alexandria Bay, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September 12, 1839; attended the district schools and
the Redwood (N.Y.) School; studied law in Watertown; was admitted
to the bar in October 1863 and commenced practice in New York;
moved to Boonville, Mo., in 1865 and continued the practice of law;
city attorney of Boonville in 1870 and 1871; elected prosecuting
attorney of Cooper County in 1872; delegate to the Democratic
National Conventions in 1872 and 1920; again city attorney of
Boonville from April 1877 to April 1878 and from April 1879 to
April 1881; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress
(March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); was renominated in 1884, but
withdrew before election day; resumed the practice of law in
Boonville, Mo., where he died August 15, 1925; interment in Walnut
Grove Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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