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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriMordecai OLIVER
(1819-1898)
OLIVER, Mordecai, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Anderson County, Ky., October
22, 1819; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Richmond, Mo.;
prosecuting attorney for the fifth judicial circuit in 1848;
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); elected as a Unionist secretary of state of
Missouri in 1861; resumed the practice of law in St. Louis, Mo.;
judge of the criminal court 1889-1893; moved to Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., where he died April 25, 1898; interment in Hazelwood
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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