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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriGideon Frank ROTHWELL
(1836-1894)
ROTHWELL, Gideon Frank, a
Representative from Missouri; born near Fulton, Callaway County,
Mo., on April 24, 1836; was graduated from the University of
Missouri at Columbia; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1864
and commenced practice in Huntsville, Randolph County, Mo.; elected
as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3,
1881); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1880; resumed the
practice of law in Moberly, Mo.; appointed in 1889 a member of the
board of curators of the University of Missouri, and served as its
president 1890-1894; died in Moberly, Mo., on January 18, 1894;
interment in Oakland Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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