Francis Emanuel Shober
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Francis Emanuel Shober was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from New York
New York
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, son of Francis Edwin Shober
Francis Edwin Shober
Francis Edwin Shober was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, father of Francis Emanuel Shober.Born in Salem , North Carolina, Shober attended the common schools and the Moravian School, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.He was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1851.He...

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Born in Salisbury, North Carolina
Salisbury, North Carolina
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, Shober studied under private tutors.
He was graduated from St. Stephen's College, Annandale, New York, in 1880.
He engaged in ministerial and educational work in Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. The 2010 census lists the population as 297,488...

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Reporter on the News-Press of Poughkeepsie.
Pastor of St. John's Episcopal Church at Barrytown, New York
Barrytown, New York
Barrytown is a hamlet within the town of Red Hook in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is within the Hudson River Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, and comprises four of the Hudson River Valley estates: Edgewater, Messina, Rokeby, and Sylvania...

 from 1880 to 1891.
He was editor of the Rockaway Journal at Far Rockaway, New York.
He served as member of the editorial staff of the New York World.

Shober was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
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 to the Fifty-eighth
58th United States Congress
- House of Representatives :* Republican : 209 * Democratic : 176* Silver Republican : 1TOTAL members: 386-Senate:* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: William P. Frye -Members:...

 Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1904.
Deputy tax appraiser of the State of New York in 1907 and 1908.
He resumed newspaper work.
He was editor of the New York American until his death in New York City October 7, 1919.
He was interred in Worcester Cemetery, Danbury, Connecticut
Danbury, Connecticut
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