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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriFrederick ESSEN
(1863-1946)
ESSEN, Frederick, a
Representative from Missouri; born near Pond, St. Louis County,
Mo., April 22, 1863; attended the public schools; engaged in
agricultural pursuits; recorder of deeds of St. Louis County
1894-1902; engaged in newspaper business at Clayton, Mo., becoming
the owner of two papers which he combined under the name of the
Watchman-Advocate; delegate to the Republican National Conventions
in 1904, 1908, and 1912; member of the board of education of
Clayton and served as president 1909-1919; elected as a Republican
to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Jacob E. Meeker and served from November 5, 1918, until March 3,
1919; was not a candidate for renomination in 1918; resumed
newspaper activities; also interested in banking; died in Creve
Coeur, Mo., August 18, 1946; interment in Bethel Cemetery, Pond,
Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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