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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJames Johnson LINDLEY
(1822-1891)
LINDLEY, James Johnson, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Mansfield, Richland County,
Ohio, January 1, 1822; moved with his parents to Cynthiana, Ky., in
1836; attended Woodville College, Ohio; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in
1843; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced
practice in Monticello, Mo.; elected circuit attorney in 1848 and
1852; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and reelected
as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress
(March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); was not a candidate for reelection
in 1856; moved to Davenport, Iowa, in 1858 and continued the
practice of law; commissioned to investigate the condition of Iowa
troops serving in the Civil War; after the war practiced his
profession in Chicago until 1868, when he moved to St. Louis, Mo.;
judge of the circuit court of the eighth judicial district of
Missouri 1871-1883; moved to Kansas City, Mo.; retired from
business activities; died at the home of a son in Nevada, Mo.,
April 18, 1891; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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