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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriLyne Shackelford METCALFE
(1822-1906)
METCALFE, Lyne
Shackelford, a Representative from Missouri; born in
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Ky., April 21, 1822; attended the
common schools, Shurtleff College, Alton, Ill., and Illinois
College, Jacksonville, Ill.; engaged in mercantile pursuits in
Alton, Ill., in 1844; member of the board of aldermen of Alton;
elected mayor of Alton; during the Civil War served in the Union
Army as assistant quartermaster with rank of captain and later
promoted to colonel; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1863; engaged in
manufacturing; served in the city council of St. Louis; elected as
a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3,
1879); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the
Forty-sixth Congress; died in Kirkwood, St. Louis County, Mo.,
January 31, 1906; interment in Alton Cemetery; Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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