John Hubler Stover

John Hubler Stover

John Hubler Stover (born April 24, 1833 in Aaronsburg , Pennsylvania , †  October 27, 1889 in Aurora Springs , Missouri ) was an American politician . In 1868 and 1869 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Stover first attended the Bellefonte Academy . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1857, he began to work in this profession in Bellefonte . There he also held a number of local offices. Between 1860 and 1862 he was a district attorney in the local Center County . During the civil war he served in various units in the Union Army and rose from simple soldier to colonel.

After the war, Stover moved to Versailles, Missouri, where he practiced as a lawyer. Between 1866 and 1868 he served as the district attorney in Morgan County . Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . Following the resignation of MP Joseph W. McClurg , who was preparing for his successful gubernatorial campaign , Stover was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC on December 7th at the due by-election for the fifth seat of Missouri 1868 took up his new mandate. Since he was no longer running in the regular elections of 1868 , he could only end the current legislative period in Congress until January 3, 1869 .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Stover returned to work as a lawyer. He also got into the real estate business. In his hometown of Versailles, he was also involved in mining. In 1876 he was a delegate of his state at the World's Fair in Philadelphia . In the same year he applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress. John Stover died on October 27, 1889 in Aurora Springs and was buried in Versailles.

Web links

• John Hubler Stover in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Hubler Stover in the database of Find a Grave (English)