Jasper N. Tincher
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Jasper Napoleon Tincher was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Kansas
Kansas
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Born near Browning, Missouri
Browning, Missouri
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, Tincher moved with his parents to Medicine Lodge, Kansas
Medicine Lodge, Kansas
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, in 1892.
He attended the common and high schools.
He taught school in Hardtner, Kansas
Hardtner, Kansas
Hardtner is a city in Barber County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 172.-History:By 1908 the townspeople had realized that they would need a railroad line to the outside world in order to survive. The town's founder Jacob Achenbach, helped set up a company to...

, from 1896 until February 1899.
He worked and studied in a law office and was admitted to the bar
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 in May 1899.
He commenced the practice of law in Medicine Lodge, Kansas
Medicine Lodge, Kansas
Medicine Lodge is the most populous city in and the county seat of Barber County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,009.-19th century:...

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He was also interested in farming and stock raising.

Tincher was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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 to the Sixty-sixth
66th United States Congress
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 and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1927).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1926.
He moved to Hutchinson, Kansas
Hutchinson, Kansas
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, in 1926 and practiced law until his death there on November 6, 1951.
He was interred in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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