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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriCassius McLean SHARTEL
(1860-1943)
SHARTEL, Cassius McLean, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Crawford County, Pa., April
27, 1860; moved with his parents to Knox County, Mo., and resided
there until 1873; moved with his parents to Chautauqua County,
Kans.; attended the common schools and Kansas State Agricultural
College at Manhattan; taught school; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Sedan, Kans.; moved to
Nevada, Mo., in 1887 and then to Neosho, Newton County, Mo., the
same year and continued the practice of law; delegate to the
Republican National Conventions in 1900 and 1936; elected as a
Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3,
1907); was not a candidate for renomination in 1906; interested in
farm loans; president of the Missouri constitutional convention in
1922 and 1923; died in Neosho, Mo., September 27, 1943; interment
in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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