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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJoe Jonathan MANLOVE
(1876-1956)
MANLOVE, Joe Jonathan, a
Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., October 1, 1876; attended the public schools and was
graduated from Presbyterian Academy at Mount Vernon, Mo.; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in
Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Mo.; also engaged in agricultural
pursuits, in the livestock business, and in the general development
of southwest Missouri; unsuccessful Republican candidate for
election in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress and in 1916 to the
Sixty-fifth Congress; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth
and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3,
1933); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the
Seventy-third Congress; unsuccessful for the Republican nomination
for Congress in 1934; resumed the practice of law and also engaged
in the real estate business in Joplin, Mo.; in 1943 was elected one
of the delegates to write a new constitution for the State of
Missouri and served as a member of the constitutional convention;
died in Joplin, Mo., January 31, 1956; interment in Mount Hope
Cemetery near Joplin, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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