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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriRobert Thompson VAN HORN
(1824-1916)
VAN HORN, Robert Thompson,
a Representative from Missouri; born in East Mahoning, Indiana
County, Pa., May 19, 1824; attended the common schools; apprenticed
to a printer; moved to Ohio in 1844 and settled in Pomeroy; studied
law; was admitted to the bar about 1850 and commenced practice in
Pomeroy, Ohio; moved to Kansas City, Mo., in 1855; member of the
board of aldermen in 1857; postmaster of Kansas City 1857-1861;
established and edited the Kansas City Journal; elected mayor of
Kansas City in 1861 and again in 1864; enlisted in the Union Army
during the Civil War and served as lieutenant colonel of the
Twenty-fifth Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry; member of the
State senate 1862-1864; elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses (March 4,
1865-March 3, 1871); was not a candidate for renomination in 1870;
chairman of the Republican State central committee 1874-1876;
collector of internal revenue for the sixth district of Missouri
1875-1881; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1864,
1868, 1872, 1876, 1880, and 1884; member of the Republican National
Committee in 1872 and 1884; elected as a Republican to the
Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); successfully
contested the election of John C. Tarsney to the Fifty-fourth
Congress and served from February 27, 1896, to March 3, 1897;
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896; retired from
editorship of the Kansas City Journal in 1897; died on his estate,
“Honeywood,” at Evanston Station, near Kansas City,
Mo., January 3, 1916; interment in Mount Washington Cemetery,
Kansas City, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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