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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriIra Barnes HYDE
(1838-1926)
HYDE, Ira Barnes, a
Representative from Missouri; born near Guilford, Chenango County,
N.Y., January 18, 1838; attended the public schools and the Norwich
Academy; when fifteen years of age moved with his parents to East
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and later entered Oberlin (Ohio)
College; studied law; was admitted to the bar by the Minnesota
Supreme Court in 1861 and commenced practice in St. Paul, Minn., in
1862; during the Civil War served in the Union Army; enlisted as a
private in Company F, First Regiment of Minnesota Mounted Rangers,
and served until the regiment was mustered out; also served in the
campaigns against the Sioux Indians along the northwestern
frontier; moved to Washington, D.C., in 1865 and resumed the
practice of law; moved to Princeton, Mo., in 1866; appointed
prosecuting attorney of Mercer County in 1872; delegate to many
State conventions; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third
Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; delegate to the
Republican National Convention in 1884; resumed the practice of law
in Princeton, Mo.; also engaged in banking; died in Princeton, Mo.,
December 6, 1926; interment in Princeton Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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