Mordecai Oliver

Mordecai Oliver (born October 22, 1819 in Anderson County , Kentucky , † April 25, 1898 in Springfield , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1857 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Mordecai Oliver was the father-in-law of Governor Willard Preble Hall . He attended the public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1842, he began to work in Richmond (Missouri) in this profession. In 1845 he became a prosecutor in his state's fifth judicial district. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Whig Party .

In the congressional election of 1852 , Oliver was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Willard Hall on March 4, 1853. After being re-elected as a candidate for the opposition party , he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1857 . These were shaped by the events leading up to the civil war .

In 1861 he was named Unionist Secretary of State of Missouri. He was then a Brigadier General in the Union Army during the Civil War . Otherwise he practiced as a lawyer in St. Louis . Between 1889 and 1893 he was a criminal judge. He then moved to Springfield, where he died on April 25, 1898.

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SURNAME	Oliver, Mordecai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 22, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH	Anderson County , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH	April 25, 1898
Place of death	Springfield , Missouri