Ira B. Hyde

Ira B. Hyde

Ira Barnes Hyde (born January 18, 1838 in Guilford , Chenango County , New York , †  December 6, 1926 in Princeton , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1875 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ira Hyde attended his homeland public schools and the Norwich Academy . At the age of 15 he moved to East Cleveland , Ohio . He later studied at Oberlin College . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1861, he began to work in this profession in Saint Paul ( Minnesota ). During the Civil War , Hyde served as a soldier in a Minnesota unit in the Union Army . At times he was also used in the fight against the Sioux . In 1865, Hyde temporarily moved to the federal capital, Washington , where he practiced as a lawyer. From 1866 he lived in Princeton (Missouri). In 1872 he became a district attorney in Mercer County there .

Politically, Hyde was a member of the Republican Party . He has been a delegate to numerous regional Republican party conventions in Missouri. In the congressional election of 1872 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the then newly created tenth constituency of his state , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1873. Since he was not confirmed in 1874, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1875 .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Ira Hyde returned to practice as a lawyer. He also got into the banking industry. He died on December 6, 1926 in Princeton, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Ira B. Hyde in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ira B. Hyde in the database of Find a Grave (English)