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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriRobert Anthony HATCHER
(1819-1886)
HATCHER, Robert Anthony, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Buckingham County, Va.,
February 24, 1819; attended private schools in Lynchburg, Va.;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in Kentucky and commenced
practice at New Madrid, Mo., in 1847; circuit attorney for several
years; member of the State house of representatives 1850 and 1851;
during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army and attained
the rank of major; delegate to the State convention in 1862; member
of the Confederate Congress in 1864 and 1865; elected as a Democrat
to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March
4, 1873-March 3, 1879); chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures
(Forty-fifth Congress); resumed the practice of law; died in
Charleston, Mo., December 4, 1886; interment in Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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