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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriHenry Sheffie GEYER
(1790-1859)
Senate Years of Service:
1851-1855; 1855-1857Party: Whig; OppositionGEYER, Henry Sheffie, a
Senator from Missouri; born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md.,
December 9, 1790; was instructed privately; studied law; admitted
to the bar in 1811 and practiced law in Frederick; during the War
of 1812 served as a first lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth Regiment,
Maryland Infantry 1813-1815; settled in St. Louis, Mo., in 1815 and
resumed the practice of law; member, Territorial assembly 1818;
delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1820; member,
State house of representatives 1820-1824 and again in 1834-1835,
serving as speaker on two occasions; elected as a Whig to the
United States Senate and served from March 4, 1851, to March 3,
1857; was not a candidate for reelection; resumed the practice of
law in St. Louis; attorney for the defendant slave-owner in the
Dred Scott case; died in St. Louis, Mo., March 5, 1859; interment
in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Geyer, Henry Sheffie. A Digest of the Laws of
Missouri Territory. St. Louis: Missouri Gazette Office,
1818.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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