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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriRezin A. DE BOLT
(1828-1891)
DE BOLT, Rezin A., a
Representative from Missouri; born near Basil, Fairfield County,
Ohio, January 20, 1828; attended the common schools; employed as a
tanner; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced
practice in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio; moved to Trenton,
Grundy County, Mo., in 1858 and continued the practice of his
profession; appointed in 1859 and elected in 1860 commissioner of
common schools for Grundy County; entered the Union Army as captain
in the Twenty-third Regiment, Missouri Volunteers, in 1861;
captured at the Battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862, and held as
prisoner until the following October; resigned his commission in
1863 because of impaired health; elected judge of the circuit court
for the eleventh judicial circuit of Missouri in November 1863,
which position he held by reelection until January 1, 1875; in 1864
again entered the United States service as major in the
Forty-fourth Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry; mustered out in
August 1865; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress
(March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); was not a candidate for renomination
in 1876; resumed the practice of law; died in Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo., October 30, 1891; interment in Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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