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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriGustavus Adolphus FINKELNBURG
(1837-1908)
FINKELNBURG, Gustavus
Adolphus, a Representative from Missouri; born near Cologne,
Germany, April 6, 1837; immigrated to the United States in 1848
with his parents, who settled in St. Charles, Mo.; attended St.
Charles College, Missouri, and was graduated from the Cincinnati
(Ohio) Law School in 1859; was admitted to the bar in 1860 and
commenced practice in St. Louis, Mo.; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of the State house of representatives
1864-1868, and served as speaker pro tempore in 1868; elected as a
Republican to the Forty-first Congress and as a Liberal Republican
to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873);
appointed United States judge for the eastern district of Missouri
in 1905, and served until March 31, 1907, when he resigned; died in
Denver, Colo., May 18, 1908; interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery,
St. Louis, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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