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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriWilliam Mitchellson TRELOAR
(1850-1935)
TRELOAR, William
Mitchellson, a Representative from Missouri; born near
Linden, Iowa County, Wis., September 21, 1850; attended the common
schools; moved to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, in 1864 and attended the
high school and the Iowa Wesleyan University at Mount Pleasant;
moved to Missouri in 1872; taught at Mount Pleasant College,
Huntsville, Mo., 1872-1875; moved to Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.,
in 1875 and taught in the Synodical Female College in Fulton,
Hardin College in Mexico, Mo., and the public schools of Mexico,
Mo.; delegate to the Republican State convention in 1894; elected
as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March
3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the
Fifty-fifth Congress; postmaster of Mexico, Mo., in 1898 and served
until March 16, 1904; engaged in the music publishing business at
Kansas City, Mo., in 1905; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1915 and
continued the music publishing business; also engaged in teaching
and composing music; served as election judge 1920-1924; died in
St. Louis, Mo., July 3, 1935; interment in Bellefontaine
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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