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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriThomas HACKNEY
(1861-1946)
HACKNEY, Thomas, a
Representative from Missouri; born near Campbellsville, Giles
County, Tenn., December 11, 1861; moved with his parents to Jackson
County, Ill., in 1864; attended the common schools of Jackson
County, the Southern Illinois Normal University at Carbondale, and
the University of Missouri at Columbia; studied law; was admitted
to the bar September 18, 1886, and commenced practice in Carthage,
Mo.; also interested in zinc and lead mines in the Joplin district;
member of the State house of representatives in 1901; elected as a
Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first
Congress; resumed the practice of law in Carthage, Mo.; delegate to
the Democratic National Convention in 1912; moved to Kansas City,
Mo., in 1914 and continued the practice of law; general counsel for
the Missouri Pacific Railroad 1914-1932; retired from public life
and resided in Kansas City, Mo., until his death there on December
24, 1946; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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