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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJohn Hubler STOVER
(1833-1889)
STOVER, John Hubler, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Aaronsburg, Center County,
Pa., April 24, 1833; completed preparatory studies at Bellefonte
Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced
practice in Bellefonte, Pa.; held several local offices; district
attorney of Center County 1860-1862; enlisted in the Union Army in
1861 as a private, and was successively a captain and a major;
commissioned as a colonel of the One Hundred and Eighty-fourth
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; after the war moved to
Versailles, Morgan County, Mo., and resumed the practice of law;
district attorney of Morgan County from 1866 to 1868; elected as a
Republican to the Fortieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Joseph W. McClurg and served from December 7,
1868, to March 3, 1869; was not a candidate for renomination in
1868; resumed the practice of his profession; engaged in the real
estate business and was also interested in mining pursuits at
Versailles, Mo.; delegate to the Centennial Exposition at
Philadelphia in 1876; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1876
to the Forty-fifth Congress; died at Aurora Springs, Mo., October
27, 1889; interment in the City Cemetery, Versailles, Morgan
County, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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