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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJohn Edward HUTTON
(1828-1893)
HUTTON, John Edward, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Polk County, Tenn., March 28,
1828; moved with his parents to Troy, Lincoln County, Mo., in 1831;
attended the common schools; taught school and at the same time
studied medicine; attended lectures at Pope’s Medical
College, St. Louis, Mo.; was graduated in medicine and began
practice in Warrenton, Mo., in 1860; during the Civil War entered
the Union Army and was commissioned colonel of the Fifty-ninth
Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1864 and commenced practice in Warrenton, Mo.; moved to
Mexico, Mo., in 1865 and continued to practice law until 1873, when
he became the owner and publisher of the Intelligencer, a
Democratic newspaper; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and
Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1888; resumed his activities as a
physician and also engaged in the practice of law; died in Mexico,
Mo., December 28, 1893; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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