List of United States Representatives from Missouri
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Current members

Updated January 2011.
  • William "Lacy" Clay Jr.
    William Lacy Clay, Jr.
    William Lacy Clay, Jr., usually known as Lacy Clay is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

     - Website - Missouri 1st
    Missouri's 1st congressional district
    Missouri's first congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state. It includes much of Northern St. Louis City and St. Louis County....

  • Todd Akin
    Todd Akin
    William Todd Akin is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district includes the western St. Louis suburbs of Ballwin, Kirkwood, Chesterfield, Wildwood, Town and Country, and Des Peres located along Interstate 270 in West County and the...

     - Website - Missouri 2nd
    Missouri's 2nd congressional district
    Missouri's second congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state, primarily consisting of the suburbs north and west of St. Louis.Its current representative is Republican Todd Akin of Town and Country.-List of representatives:...

  • Russ Carnahan
    Russ Carnahan
    John Russell "Russ" Carnahan is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes the southern third of the city of St. Louis and most of the southern St. Louis suburbs including most of Jefferson County and all of Ste. Genevieve County...

     - Website - Missouri 3rd
    Missouri's 3rd congressional district
    Missouri's third congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state. It includes much of southern St Louis City, much of southern St Louis County, and all of Jefferson County and St Genevieve County....

  • Vicky Hartzler
    Vicky Hartzler
    Vicky Jo Hartzler is the U.S. Representative for . She is a member of the Republican Party. She represented District 124 in the Missouri House from 1995 to 2000.-Early life:...

     - Website - Missouri 4th
    Missouri's 4th congressional district
    Missouri's 4th Congressional District consists of west central Missouri. The district includes much of the state capital of Jefferson City in Cole County as well as the eastern Kansas City suburbs. The district is predominantly rural and relatively conservative; George W. Bush defeated John Kerry...

  • Emanuel Cleaver
    Emanuel Cleaver
    Emanuel Cleaver II is a United Methodist pastor and the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and in January 2010 became chair of the Congressional Black Caucus....

     - Website - Missouri 5th
    Missouri's 5th congressional district
    Missouri's 5th Congressional District has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by Democrat Emanuel Cleaver, the former Mayor of Kansas City, since 2005....

  • Sam Graves
    Sam Graves
    Samuel B. Graves, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district consists of Northwest Missouri and includes the portion of Kansas City north of the Missouri River and many northern suburbs.-Early life, education and career:Graves is a...

     - Website - Missouri 6th
    Missouri's 6th congressional district
    Missouri's 6th congressional district takes in a large swath of land in rural northwest Missouri. Its largest voting population is centered in the Kansas City metropolitan area and the town of St. Joseph. The district includes all of Kansas City north of the Missouri River...

  • Billy Long - Website - Missouri 7th
    Missouri's 7th congressional district
    Missouri's 7th congressional district consists of Southwest Missouri. The district includes Springfield, the home of Missouri State University , and the popular tourist destination city of Branson...

  • Jo Ann Emerson
    Jo Ann Emerson
    Jo Ann Emerson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. The district consists of Southeast and South Central Missouri and includes the Bootheel, the Lead Belt and the Ozarks. Emerson is a member of the Republican Party....

     - Website - Missouri 8th
    Missouri's 8th congressional district
    Missouri's 8th Congressional District is one of 435 congressional districts in the United States and one of nine congressional districts in the state of Missouri. The district encompasses rural Southeast Missouri and South Central Missouri as well as some counties in Southwest Missouri. The...

  • Blaine Luetkemeyer
    Blaine Luetkemeyer
    Blaine Luetkemeyer is the U. S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district contains most of Northeastern Missouri. As a result of the 2010 Census Missouri will lose a Congressional district effective 2013...

     - Website -Missouri 9th
    Missouri's 9th congressional district
    Missouri's 9th congressional district encompasses rural Northeast Missouri, the area known as "Little Dixie," along with the larger towns of Columbia, Fulton, Kirksville and Union. Boone, Franklin, and a portion of St. Charles County comprise the highest voting centers of the mostly rural district...


Members

This is a list of Members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

 and non-voting Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Missouri Territory
Missouri Territory
The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812 until August 10, 1821, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Missouri.-History:...

. Statehood was granted in 1821.
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Thomas Peter Akers
Thomas Peter Akers
Thomas Peter Akers was an attorney, college professor, and member of the United States House of Representatives from 1856 to 1857. He was born in Knox County, Ohio, where he graduated from college and studied law....

 
Know-nothing 1856-1857 Filled vacancy; retired
Todd Akin
Todd Akin
William Todd Akin is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district includes the western St. Louis suburbs of Ballwin, Kirkwood, Chesterfield, Wildwood, Town and Country, and Des Peres located along Interstate 270 in West County and the...

Republican 2001-Present Town and Country
Town and Country, Missouri
Town and Country is a wealthy inner ring suburb in west St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, with a population of 10,815 as of the 2010 census. Town and Country has the highest median household income of any city in Missouri with population over 10,000 and also has one of the highest median...

Incumbent
Armstead M. Alexander
Armstead M. Alexander
Armstead Milton Alexander was a lawyer who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri....

 
Democratic 1883-1885 Lost primary
Joshua W. Alexander
Joshua W. Alexander
Joshua Willis Alexander was United States Secretary of Commerce from December 16, 1919 - March 4, 1921 in the administration of President Woodrow Wilson...

 
Democratic 1907-1919 Chairman of Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (1911-1919); resigned to become 2nd U.S. Secretary of Commerce
United States Secretary of Commerce
The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce"...

 (1919-1921)
Thomas Allen  Democratic 1881-1882 Died; namesake of Allenville, Missouri
Allenville, Missouri
Allenville is a village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, U.S. As of the 2000 census, the population was 104. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Allenville is located at ....

Charles Arthur Anderson
Charles Arthur Anderson
Charles Arthur Anderson was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Anderson attended the public schools....

 
Democratic 1937-1941 Lost re-election
George W. Anderson
George Washington Anderson
George Washington Anderson was an American lawyer and politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1865 until 1869.-External links:...

 
Republican 1865-1869 Chairman of Committee on Mileage
United States House Committee on Mileage
The United States House Committee on Mileage is a former standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.The jurisdiction of the committee is described in Rule XI: "The ascertaining of the travel of Members of the House shall be made by the Committee on Mileage and reported to the...

 (1865-1869); retired
Thomas Lilbourne Anderson
Thomas Lilbourne Anderson
Thomas Lilbourne Anderson was a practicing lawyer who served in the United States House of Representatives from Missouri....

 
Know-nothing 1857-1859 Changed parties
Thomas Lilbourne Anderson
Thomas Lilbourne Anderson
Thomas Lilbourne Anderson was a practicing lawyer who served in the United States House of Representatives from Missouri....

 
Independent Democrat 1859-1861 Retired
Orland K. Armstrong
Orland K. Armstrong
Orland Kay Amstrong was a Republican United States Representative from Missouri's 6th congressional district from January 3, 1951 to January 3, 1953. He did not seek re-election in 1952....

 
Republican 1951-1953 Retired
Marshall Arnold
Marshall Arnold
Marshall Arnold was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born at Cook Settlement, near Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Arnold attended the common schools.Professor at Arcadia College in 1870 and 1871....

 
Democratic 1891-1895 Lost re-election
Samuel W. Arnold
Samuel W. Arnold
Samuel Washington Arnold was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Early life and career:Born on September 21, 1879 on a farm near Downing in Schuyler County, Missouri, he was the son of Cumberland Wilson Arnold and Mary Elizabeth Arnold...

 
Republican 1943-1949 Lost re-election
William Henry Ashley
William Henry Ashley
William Henry Ashley was a pioneering fur trader, entrepreneur, and politician. Though a native of Virginia, Ashley had already moved to St. Genevieve in what was then called Louisiana, when it was purchased by the United States from France in 1803...

 
Jacksonian
Jacksonian democracy
Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters. Jackson's policies followed the era of Jeffersonian democracy which dominated the previous political era. The Democratic-Republican Party of...

 
1831-1837 Ran for governor (lost)
Joel Funk Asper
Joel Funk Asper
Joel Funk Asper was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, Asper moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Trumbull County in 1827....

 
Republican 1869-1871 Retired
William O. Atkeson
William O. Atkeson
William Oscar Atkeson was a Republican Representative representing Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923.Atkeson was born on a farm Buffalo, West Virginia in Putnam County, West Virginia...

 
Republican 1921-1923 Lost re-election
Ralph Emerson Bailey
Ralph Emerson Bailey
Ralph Emerson Bailey was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Cainsville, Missouri, Bailey moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled in Benton, Franklin County, in 1880....

 
Republican 1925-1927 Retired
Wendell Bailey
Wendell Bailey
R. Wendell Bailey is an American politician from Missouri. He graduated from Southwest Missouri State University with a degree in Business Administration and owned an automobile dealership in Willow Springs....

 
Republican 1981-1983 Redistricting; lost general
Claude I. Bakewell
Claude I. Bakewell
Claude Ignatius Bakewell was a lawyer, U.S. Representative from Missouri's 11th congressional district, and U.S. Postmaster for St. Louis, Missouri.-Early life and career:...

 
Republican 1947-1949 Lost general
Claude I. Bakewell
Claude I. Bakewell
Claude Ignatius Bakewell was a lawyer, U.S. Representative from Missouri's 11th congressional district, and U.S. Postmaster for St. Louis, Missouri.-Early life and career:...

 
Republican 1951-1953 Lost re-election
Parke M. Banta
Parke M. Banta
Parke Monroe Banta was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Berryman, Missouri, Banta attended the public schools, and William Jewell College at Liberty, Missouri....

 
Republican 1947-1949 Lost re-election
John Richard Barret
John Richard Barret
John Richard Barret was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Greensburg, Kentucky, Barret attended the common schools and Centre College, Danville, Kentucky.He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1839....

 
Democratic 1859-1860 Election contested, unseated; succeeded by Francis P. Blair, Jr., who soon resigned
John Richard Barret
John Richard Barret
John Richard Barret was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Greensburg, Kentucky, Barret attended the common schools and Centre College, Danville, Kentucky.He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1839....

 
Democratic 1860-1861 Re-elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Francis P. Blair, Jr.; lost re-election
Richard Bartholdt
Richard Bartholdt
Richard Bartholdt was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Schleiz, Germany, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College ....

 
Republican 1893-1915 Chairman of Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (1895-1897); Chairman of Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (1897-1905); Chairman of Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (1905-1911); retired
William Edward Barton
William Edward Barton
William Edward Barton was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, cousin of Courtney Walker Hamlin.Born in Pickens District , South Carolina, BartonIn 1869 moved to Missouri with his parents, who settled in Crawford County, near Bourbon.He attended the public schools and the Steelville Normal and...

 
Democratic 1931-1933 Lost primary
Edward Bates
Edward Bates
Edward Bates was a U.S. lawyer and statesman. He served as United States Attorney General under Abraham Lincoln from 1861 to 1864...

 
Adams  1827-1829 Lost re-election
William Van Ness Bay
William Van Ness Bay
William Van Ness Bay was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Hudson, New York, Bay attended the public schools there. Following his primary education, Bay studied law and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Union, Missouri, in 1836 and commenced the practice of law...

 
Democratic 1849-1851 Later, judge for Missouri Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
The Supreme Court of Missouri is the highest court in the state of Missouri. It was established in 1820, and is located in Jefferson City, Missouri. Missouri voters have approved changes in the state's constitution to give the Supreme Court exclusive jurisdiction- the sole legal power to hear -...

 (1862-1865)
C. Jasper Bell
C. Jasper Bell
Charles Jasper Bell was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Lake City, Colorado, Bell attended the country schools in Jackson County, Missouri, Lees Summit High School, and the University of Missouri...

 
Democratic 1935-1949 Chairman of Committee on Elections No. 1
United States House Committee on Elections
The United States House Committee on Elections is a former standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.Article 1, section 5, of the Constitution of the United States specifies: "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns, and Qualifications of its own Members." The...

 (1939-1943); Chairman of Committee on Insular Affairs
United States House Committee on Insular Affairs
The United States House Committee on Insular Affairs is a defunct committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.The Treaty of Paris, signed on December 10, 1898, officially concluded the Spanish-American War. According to the provisions of the treaty, Spain ceded the Philippine Islands, Puerto...

 (1943-1947); retired
John F. Benjamin
John F. Benjamin
John Forbes Benjamin was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Cicero, New York, Benjamin attended the public schools.He moved to Texas in 1845 and to Missouri in 1848.He studied law....

 
Republican 1865-1871 Chairman of the Committee on Invalid Expenditures (1869-1871); retired
Marion Tinsley Bennett
Marion Tinsley Bennett
Marion Tinsley Bennett served the United States for over 56 years in all three branches of the federal government of the United States, having been a federal judge, a member of Congress, and a colonel in the Air Force Ready Reserves.Born in Buffalo, Missouri on June 6, 1914 to Philip Allen Bennett...

 
Republican 1943-1949 Succeeded his late father Philip Allen Bennett; lost re-election; commissioner for U.S. Court of Claims
United States Court of Claims
The Court of Claims was a federal court that heard claims against the United States government. It was established in 1855 as the Court of Claims, renamed in 1948 to the United States Court of Claims , and abolished in 1982....

, Washington, D.C., (1949-1964), its chief commissioner (1964-1972); judge for U.S. Court of Claims
United States Court of Claims
The Court of Claims was a federal court that heard claims against the United States government. It was established in 1855 as the Court of Claims, renamed in 1948 to the United States Court of Claims , and abolished in 1982....

 (1972-1982); judge for U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
-Vacancies and pending nominations:-List of former judges:-Chief judges:Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the court was initially created, Congress had to resolve which chief judge of the predecessor courts would become the first chief judge...

 (1982); senior
Senior status
Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges, and judges in some state court systems. After federal judges have reached a certain combination of age and years of service on the federal courts, they are allowed to assume senior status...

 U.S. Circuit judge (1986-2000d)
Philip Allen Bennett
Philip Allen Bennett
Philip Allen Bennett was a Republican politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Missouri's 6th District during the 77th Congress. Prior to that Bennett was the 31st Lieutenant Governor of Missouri and served in the Missouri...

 
Republican 1941-1942 Died; had been re-elected to another term; succeeded by his son Marion Tinsley Bennett
Maecenas Eason Benton
Maecenas Eason Benton
Maecenas Eason Benton was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was the father of Thomas Hart Benton, who gained fame as a painter of the American Scene....

 
Democratic 1897-1905 Lost re-election
Thomas Hart Benton
Thomas Hart Benton (senator)
Thomas Hart Benton , nicknamed "Old Bullion", was a U.S. Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve five terms...

 
Democratic 1853-1855 Previously U.S. Senator (statehood 1821-1851); Chairman of Committee on Military Affairs
United States House Committee on Armed Services
thumb|United States House Committee on Armed Services emblemThe U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives...

 (1853-1855); lost re-election
Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in 1868.-Early life and career:Blair was born in...

 
Republican 1857-1859 Lost re-election
Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in 1868.-Early life and career:Blair was born in...

 
Republican 1860 Contested election, seated; resigned, caused vacancy; lost election to fill vacancy
Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in 1868.-Early life and career:Blair was born in...

 
Republican 1861-1862 Chairman of Committee on Military Affairs
United States House Committee on Armed Services
thumb|United States House Committee on Armed Services emblemThe U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives...

 (1861-1862); resigned to become Union Colonel in American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in 1868.-Early life and career:Blair was born in...

 
Republican 1863-1864 Election contested, unseated; later, Ran for President, became nominee for Vice President (lost)
United States presidential election, 1868
The United States presidential election of 1868 was the first presidential election to take place after the American Civil War, during the period referred to as Reconstruction...

; became U.S. Senator (1871-1873)
James G. Blair
James G. Blair
James Gorrall Blair was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Biography:Born near Blairville, Kentucky, Blair was self-educated, having attended the public schools only three months....

 
Liberal Republican 1871-1873 Retired
Richard P. Bland
Richard P. Bland
Richard Parks Bland , American school teacher, lawyer, and Democratic Congressman between 1873 and 1899, serving except from 1895 to 1897, when he returned to office....

 
Democratic 1873-1883 Chairman of Committee on Mines and Mining
United States House Committee on Mines and Mining
The United States House Committee on Mines and Mining is a defunct a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.The Committee on Mines and Mining was created on December 19, 1865, for consideration of subjects relating to mining interests...

 (1875-1877); redistricting
Richard P. Bland
Richard P. Bland
Richard Parks Bland , American school teacher, lawyer, and Democratic Congressman between 1873 and 1899, serving except from 1895 to 1897, when he returned to office....

 
Democratic 1883-1893 Chairman of Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures (1883-1889) & (1891-1895); redistricting
Richard P. Bland
Richard P. Bland
Richard Parks Bland , American school teacher, lawyer, and Democratic Congressman between 1873 and 1899, serving except from 1895 to 1897, when he returned to office....

 
Democratic 1893-1895 Chairman of Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures (1891-1895); lost re-election
Richard P. Bland
Richard P. Bland
Richard Parks Bland , American school teacher, lawyer, and Democratic Congressman between 1873 and 1899, serving except from 1895 to 1897, when he returned to office....

 
Democratic 1897-1899 Died during the 56th Congress (1899-1901); Bland, Missouri
Bland, Missouri
Bland is a city in Gasconade and Osage counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 565 at the 2000 census.The Osage County portion of Bland is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

 took name in memoriam
William Thomas Bland
William Thomas Bland
William Thomas Bland was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, grandson of John G. Jackson and cousin of James M...

 
Democratic 1919-1921 Lost re-election
Henry Taylor Blow
Henry Taylor Blow
Henry Taylor Blow was a two-term U.S. Representative from Missouri and an ambassador to both Venezuela and Brazil....

 
Republican 1863-1867 Retired
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
Roy D. Blunt is the junior United States Senator from Missouri. He is a member of the Republican Party. His Senate seat was previously held by Republican Kit Bond, until his retirement....

 
Republican 1997-2011 Strafford
Strafford, Missouri
Strafford is a city in eastern Greene County, Missouri, United States. The population is 2,211 at the 2009 census, a small 2% of the population is African American and only .5% is Hispanic. It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 
Majority Whip
Party whips of the United States House of Representatives
A whip in the United States House of Representatives manages his party's legislative program on the House floor. The Whip keeps track of all legislation and ensures that all party members are present when important measures are to be voted upon....

 (2003-2007); U.S. Senator (2011-Present)
Robert N. Bodine
Robert N. Bodine
Robert Nall Bodine was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Paris, Missouri, Bodine attended Paris Academy and was graduated from the University of Missouri in 1859.Principal of the Paris public schools....

 
Democratic 1897-1899 Lost primary
Richard Walker Bolling
Richard Walker Bolling
Richard Walker Bolling , was a prominent Democratic Congressman from Kansas City, Missouri, and Missouri's 5th congressional district from 1949 to 1983...

 
Democratic 1949-1983 Chairman of Select Committee on Committees of the House (1973-1975); Chairman of Joint Economic Committee
United States Congress Joint Economic Committee
The Joint Economic Committee is one of four standing joint committees of the U.S. Congress. The committee was established as a part of the Employment Act of 1946, which deemed the committee responsible for reporting the current economic condition of the United States and for making suggestions...

 (1977-1979); Chairman of House Rules Committee
United States House Committee on Rules
The Committee on Rules, or Rules Committee, is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. Rather than being responsible for a specific area of policy, as most other committees are, it is in charge of determining under what rule other bills will come to the floor...

 (1979-1983); retired
Charles F. Booher
Charles F. Booher
Charles Ferris Booher was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near East Groveland, New York, Booher attended the common schools and the Geneseo Academy, Geneseo, New York.He taught school and studied law....

 
Democratic 1889 Filled vacancy; not a candidate for full term
Charles F. Booher
Charles F. Booher
Charles Ferris Booher was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near East Groveland, New York, Booher attended the common schools and the Geneseo Academy, Geneseo, New York.He taught school and studied law....

 
Democratic 1907-1921 Died before leaving office
William Patterson Borland
William Patterson Borland
William Patterson Borland was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Leavenworth, Kansas, Borland attended public school. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1892. He was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Kansas City, Missouri the...

 
Democratic 1909-1919 Died abroad
Gustavus Miller Bower
Gustavus Miller Bower
Gustavus Miller Bower was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Culpeper, Virginia, Bower attended the public schools....

 
Democratic 1843-1845
James B. Bowlin
James B. Bowlin
James Butler Bowlin was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Bowlin apprenticed to a trade, but abandoned it to teach school.He received a classical education....

 
Democratic 1843-1847 Chairman of Committee on Private Land Claims
United States Court of Private Land Claims
The United States Court of Private Land Claims , was a United States court created to decide land claims guaranteed by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, and in the states of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming.-Origins:During Spanish and Mexican rule...

 (1845-1847); redistricting
James B. Bowlin
James B. Bowlin
James Butler Bowlin was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Bowlin apprenticed to a trade, but abandoned it to teach school.He received a classical education....

 
Democratic 1847-1851 Chairman of Committee on Public Lands (1849-1851); lost re-election
Sempronius H. Boyd
Sempronius H. Boyd
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, judge and teacher from Missouri.-Biography:...

 
Unionist 1863-1865 Chairman of Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (1863-1865); later, judge for Missouri 14th Judicial Circuit Court
Missouri Circuit Courts
The Missouri Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of original jurisdiction and general jurisdiction of the state of Missouri.-Jurisdiction:The Missouri Constitution provides for the Circuit Courts in Article V, Judicial Department.-List of circuits:...

 (1865)
Sempronius H. Boyd
Sempronius H. Boyd
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, judge and teacher from Missouri.-Biography:...

 
Republican 1869-1871 Chairman of Committee on Revolutionary Claims (1869-1871)
James Broadhead
James Broadhead
James Overton Broadhead was an American lawyer and political figure. He was a member of the House of Representatives and of the Missouri senate, he was also the first president of the American Bar Association....

 
Democratic 1883-1885 Retired
Charles Harrison Brown
Charles Harrison Brown
Charles Harrison Brown , known as Charlie Brown, was a two-term U.S. representative from Missouri from the 7th Congressional District....

 
Democratic 1957-1961 Lost re-election
Aylett Hawes Buckner
Aylett Hawes Buckner
Aylett Hawes Buckner was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of Aylett Hawes and cousin of Richard Hawes and Albert Gallatin Hawes....

 
Democratic 1873-1883 Chairman of Committee on District of Columbia (1875-1877); Chairman of Committee on Banking and Currency
United States House Committee on Financial Services
The United States House Committee on Financial Services is the committee of the United States House of Representatives that oversees the entire financial services industry, including the securities, insurance, banking, and housing industries...

 (1879-1885); redistricting
Aylett Hawes Buckner
Aylett Hawes Buckner
Aylett Hawes Buckner was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of Aylett Hawes and cousin of Richard Hawes and Albert Gallatin Hawes....

 
Democratic 1883-1885 Chairman of Committee on Banking and Currency
United States House Committee on Financial Services
The United States House Committee on Financial Services is the committee of the United States House of Representatives that oversees the entire financial services industry, including the securities, insurance, banking, and housing industries...

 (1879-1885); retired
Jack Buechner
Jack Buechner
John William "Jack" Buechner is an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Missouri. A Republican, Buechner served in the United States House of Representatives for Missouri's 2nd congressional district from 1987 to 1991...

 
Republican 1987-1991 Lost general
John Bull
John Bull (congressman)
John Bull was an American clergyman and physician who represented Missouri in the U.S. Congress between 1833 and 1835.He was born in Virginia, studied medicine in Baltimore, Maryland; moved to Howard County, Missouri, and settled near Glasgow, Missouri; engaged in the practice of medicine; studied...

 
Anti-Jacksonian 1833-1835
Samuel Swinfin Burdett
Samuel Swinfin Burdett
Samuel Swinfin Burdett was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in the The Old Manse, Broughton Astley, bordering Sutton-in-the-Elms, Leicestershire, England When twelve years of age he emigrated to the United States.He worked on a farm in Lorain County, Ohio, and attended the common...

 
Republican 1869-1873 Chairman of Committee on Manufactures (1871-1873); lost re-election
Bill Burlison  Democratic 1969-1981 Lost re-election
Daniel Dee Burnes
Daniel Dee Burnes
Daniel Dee Burnes was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Ringgold, Missouri, Burnes received his early schooling in Weston, Missouri.He graduated from St. Louis University, in St...

 
Democratic 1893-1895 Retired
James N. Burnes
James N. Burnes
James Nelson Burnes was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Marion County, Indiana, Burnes moved with his parents to Platte County, Missouri, in 1837.He attended the common schools....

 
Democratic 1883-1887 Died; had been re-elected to another term
Joseph Henry Burrows
Joseph Henry Burrows
Joseph Henry Burrows was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Manchester, England, Burrows immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Quincy, Illinois....

 
Greenback 1881-1883 Redistricting; lost re-election
Charles Germman Burton
Charles Germman Burton
Charles Germman Burton was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Burton moved to Warren, Ohio, and attended the public schools....

 
Republican 1895-1897 (possibly 13th); lost re-election
James Joseph Butler
James Joseph Butler
James Joseph Butler was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Butler attended the public schools.He served an apprenticeship as a blacksmith, and worked at that trade for several years....

 
Democratic 1901-1902 Election contested, seat vacated
James Joseph Butler
James Joseph Butler
James Joseph Butler was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Butler attended the public schools.He served an apprenticeship as a blacksmith, and worked at that trade for several years....

 
Democratic 1902-1903 Elected to fill vacancy, election contested, unseated
James Joseph Butler
James Joseph Butler
James Joseph Butler was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Butler attended the public schools.He served an apprenticeship as a blacksmith, and worked at that trade for several years....

 
Democratic 1903-1905 Re-elected; retired
Samuel Byrns
Samuel Byrns
Samuel Byrns was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm in Jefferson County, Missouri, Byrns studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Hillsboro, Missouri....

 
Democratic 1891-1893 Lost primary
Clarence Cannon
Clarence Cannon
Clarence Andrew Cannon was a Democratic Congressmember from Missouri. He was a notable parliamentarian and chaired the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations.-Biography:...

 
Democratic 1923-1933 Redistricting
Clarence Cannon
Clarence Cannon
Clarence Andrew Cannon was a Democratic Congressmember from Missouri. He was a notable parliamentarian and chaired the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations.-Biography:...

 
Democratic 1933-1935 Redistricting
Clarence Cannon
Clarence Cannon
Clarence Andrew Cannon was a Democratic Congressmember from Missouri. He was a notable parliamentarian and chaired the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations.-Biography:...

 
Democratic 1935-1964 Died; Chairman of House Appropritions Committee
United States House Committee on Appropriations
The Committee on Appropriations is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is in charge of setting the specific expenditures of money by the government of the United States...

 (1941-1947), (1949-1953), & (1955-1964)
A. S. J. Carnahan
A. S. J. Carnahan
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan was an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for southeastern Missouri for 14 years, as well as the first member of the Carnahan Family to serve in public office.-Early life:Carnahan was born near Ellsinore, Missouri, and...

 
Democratic 1945-1947 Lost re-election; father of Mel Carnahan
Mel Carnahan
Melvin Eugene "Mel" Carnahan was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as the 51st Governor of Missouri from 1993 to 2000. He died in a plane crash on the Pevely and Hillsboro, Missouri border during a campaign for the U.S...

, father-in-law of Jean Carnahan
Jean Carnahan
Jean Anne Carpenter Carnahan is an American politician and writer who served in the United States Senate from 2001 to 2002. A Democrat, she was appointed to the Senate to fill the seat of her posthumously elected husband, becoming the first woman to represent Missouri in the Senate.-Biography:Born...

, grandfather of Robin Carnahan
Robin Carnahan
Robin Carnahan is an American politician, daughter of Missouri politicians Mel and Jean Carnahan and the current Missouri Secretary of State. She is a member of the Democratic Party and was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010, to replace retiring Republican Sen...

 & Russ Carnahan
A. S. J. Carnahan
A. S. J. Carnahan
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan was an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for southeastern Missouri for 14 years, as well as the first member of the Carnahan Family to serve in public office.-Early life:Carnahan was born near Ellsinore, Missouri, and...

 
Democratic 1949-1961 Lost primary; father of Mel Carnahan
Mel Carnahan
Melvin Eugene "Mel" Carnahan was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as the 51st Governor of Missouri from 1993 to 2000. He died in a plane crash on the Pevely and Hillsboro, Missouri border during a campaign for the U.S...

, father-in-law of Jean Carnahan
Jean Carnahan
Jean Anne Carpenter Carnahan is an American politician and writer who served in the United States Senate from 2001 to 2002. A Democrat, she was appointed to the Senate to fill the seat of her posthumously elected husband, becoming the first woman to represent Missouri in the Senate.-Biography:Born...

, grandfather of Robin Carnahan
Robin Carnahan
Robin Carnahan is an American politician, daughter of Missouri politicians Mel and Jean Carnahan and the current Missouri Secretary of State. She is a member of the Democratic Party and was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010, to replace retiring Republican Sen...

 & Russ Carnahan
Russ Carnahan
Russ Carnahan
John Russell "Russ" Carnahan is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes the southern third of the city of St. Louis and most of the southern St. Louis suburbs including most of Jefferson County and all of Ste. Genevieve County...

Democratic 2005-Present St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

Incumbent; brother of Robin Carnahan
Robin Carnahan
Robin Carnahan is an American politician, daughter of Missouri politicians Mel and Jean Carnahan and the current Missouri Secretary of State. She is a member of the Democratic Party and was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010, to replace retiring Republican Sen...

, son of Jean Carnahan
Jean Carnahan
Jean Anne Carpenter Carnahan is an American politician and writer who served in the United States Senate from 2001 to 2002. A Democrat, she was appointed to the Senate to fill the seat of her posthumously elected husband, becoming the first woman to represent Missouri in the Senate.-Biography:Born...

 & Mel Carnahan
Mel Carnahan
Melvin Eugene "Mel" Carnahan was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as the 51st Governor of Missouri from 1993 to 2000. He died in a plane crash on the Pevely and Hillsboro, Missouri border during a campaign for the U.S...

; grandson of A. S. J. Carnahan
Samuel Caruthers
Samuel Caruthers
Samuel Caruthers was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Madison County, Missouri, Caruthers was graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee.He studied law....

 
Whig 1853-1855 Changed parties
Samuel Caruthers
Samuel Caruthers
Samuel Caruthers was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Madison County, Missouri, Caruthers was graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee.He studied law....

 
Opposition 1855-1857 Changed parties
Samuel Caruthers
Samuel Caruthers
Samuel Caruthers was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Madison County, Missouri, Caruthers was graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee.He studied law....

 
Democratic 1857-1859
Theron Ephron Catlin
Theron Ephron Catlin
Theron Ephron Catlin was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Catlin attended private schools....

 
Republican 1911-1912 Election contested, unseated; lost re-election
Henry S. Caulfield
Henry S. Caulfield
Henry Stewart Caulfield was an American lawyer and Republican politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1907 to 1909 and was the 37th Governor of Missouri from 1929 to 1933...

 
Republican 1907-1909 Retired; later, judge of St. Louis Court of Appeals (1910-1912) and 37th Governor of Missouri (1929-1933)
George H. Christopher
George H. Christopher
George Henry Christopher was a Democratic Party representative from Missouri's 6th congressional district from and from the Missouri's 4th congressional district from January 3, 1955 until his death January 23, 1959.He was born on a farm in Bates County, Missouri near Butler, Missouri...

 
Democratic 1949-1951 Lost re-election
George H. Christopher
George H. Christopher
George Henry Christopher was a Democratic Party representative from Missouri's 6th congressional district from and from the Missouri's 4th congressional district from January 3, 1955 until his death January 23, 1959.He was born on a farm in Bates County, Missouri near Butler, Missouri...

 
Democratic 1955-1959 Died three weeks into 86th Congress
James Robert Claiborne
James Robert Claiborne
James Robert Claiborne was an American lawyer and politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1933 until 1937....

 
Democratic 1933-1935 Redistricting
James Robert Claiborne
James Robert Claiborne
James Robert Claiborne was an American lawyer and politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1933 until 1937....

 
Democratic 1935-1937 Lost primary
Martin L. Clardy
Martin L. Clardy
Martin Linn Clardy was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and railroad executive from Missouri.-Biography:...

 
Democratic 1879-1883 Redistricting
Martin L. Clardy
Martin L. Clardy
Martin Linn Clardy was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and railroad executive from Missouri.-Biography:...

 
Democratic 1883-1889 Chairman of Committee on Mines and Mining
United States House Committee on Mines and Mining
The United States House Committee on Mines and Mining is a defunct a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.The Committee on Mines and Mining was created on December 19, 1865, for consideration of subjects relating to mining interests...

 (1885-1887), Chairman of Committee on Commerce
United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce
The Committee on Energy and Commerce is one of the oldest standing committees of the United States House of Representatives. Established in 1795, it has operated continuously—with various name changes and jurisdictional changes—for more than 200 years...

 (1887-1889); lost re-election
Champ Clark  Democratic 1893-1895 Lost re-election
Champ Clark  Democratic 1897-1921 Died one day before leaving office; 41st Speaker of the House (1911-1919) (only one from Missouri); Minority Leader
Minority leader of the United States House of Representatives
The House Minority Leader is one of the party leaders of the United States House of Representatives. This title is currently held by Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi of California....

 (1908-1911) & (1919-1921); father of Bennett Champ Clark
Bennett Champ Clark
Joel Bennett Clark , better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, and was later a United States federal judge.-Biography:...

Charles Nelson Clark
Charles Nelson Clark
Charles Nelson Clark was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Cortland County, New York, Clark attended Hamilton College, Clinton, New York.He moved to Illinois in 1859....

 
Republican 1895-1897
John Bullock Clark
John Bullock Clark
John Bullock Clark, Sr. was a member of both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress.-Biography:...

 
Democratic 1857-1861 Expelled during third term for taking up arms against the Union; later, Senator
First Confederate Congress
The First Confederate Congress was the first regular term of the legislature of the Confederate States of America. Members of the First Confederate Congress were chosen in elections mostly held on 6 November 1861.-Sessions:...

 (1862-1864) & Representative
Second Confederate Congress
The Second Confederate Congress was the second and last regular term of the legislature of the Confederate States of America. Members of the Second Confederate Congress were chosen in elections held at various dates in 1863 and 1864...

 (1864-1865) in the Confederate Congress
Congress of the Confederate States
The Congress of the Confederate States was the legislative body of the Confederate States of America, existing during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865...

; father of John Bullock Clark, Jr.
John Bullock Clark, Jr.
John Bullock Clark, Jr.
John Bullock Clark, Jr. was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum five-term U.S. Congressman from Missouri.-Biography:...

 
Democratic 1873-1883 Chairman of Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (1875-1877); redistricting; lost primary; son of John Bullock Clark
Bill Clay
Bill Clay
William Lacy "Bill" Clay, Sr. is a politician from the state of Missouri. As Congressman from Missouri's First District, he represented portions of St. Louis in the U.S. House of Representatives for 32 years....

 
Democratic 1969-2001 Chairman of Committee on the Post Office and Civil Service (1991-1995); retired; succeeded by his son, William Lacy Clay, Jr.
William Lacy Clay, Jr.
William Lacy Clay, Jr.
William Lacy Clay, Jr., usually known as Lacy Clay is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

Democratic 2001-Present St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

Incumbent; succeeded his father, Bill Clay
Emanuel Cleaver
Emanuel Cleaver
Emanuel Cleaver II is a United Methodist pastor and the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and in January 2010 became chair of the Congressional Black Caucus....

Democratic 2005-Present Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

Incumbent
Seth Wallace Cobb
Seth Wallace Cobb
Seth Wallace Cobb was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Petersburg, Virginia, Cobb attended the common schools....

 
Democratic 1891-1897 Retired
Charles F. Cochran
Charles F. Cochran
Charles Fremont Cochran was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Kirksville, Missouri, Cochran moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1860.He attended public and private schools.Apprenticed to the printer's trade....

 
Democratic 1897-1905 Withdrew from primary
John J. Cochran
John J. Cochran
John Joseph Cochran was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Cochran was born in Webster Groves, Missouri and attended the public schools there. He was employed in the editorial department of various St. Louis newspapers for many years, and served as assistant to the election commissioners of St...

 
Democratic 1926-1933 Chairman of Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments (1931-1941); redistricting
John J. Cochran
John J. Cochran
John Joseph Cochran was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Cochran was born in Webster Groves, Missouri and attended the public schools there. He was employed in the editorial department of various St. Louis newspapers for many years, and served as assistant to the election commissioners of St...

 
Democratic 1933-1935 Redistricting; ran for U.S. Senate (lost); was re-elected
John J. Cochran
John J. Cochran
John Joseph Cochran was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Cochran was born in Webster Groves, Missouri and attended the public schools there. He was employed in the editorial department of various St. Louis newspapers for many years, and served as assistant to the election commissioners of St...

 
Democratic 1935-1947 Chairman of Committee on Accounts
United States House Committee on Accounts
The United States House Committee on Accounts is a former committee of the United States House of Representatives from 1803 to 1927.-History:The committee was created on December 27, 1803, and was made a standing committee in 1805....

 (1939-1947); retired
Nathan Cole
Nathan Cole
Nathan Cole was a nineteenth century politician, merchant and businessman from Missouri.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Cole attended common schools as a child and later took a partial course at Shurtleff College. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in St...

 
Republican 1877-1879 Lost re-election
William Clay Cole
William Clay Cole
William Clay Cole was a Republican representative from Missouri's 3rd congressional district from 1943 to 1949 and from the Missouri's 6th congressional district 1953 to 1955....

 
Republican 1943-1949 Lost re-election
William Clay Cole
William Clay Cole
William Clay Cole was a Republican representative from Missouri's 3rd congressional district from 1943 to 1949 and from the Missouri's 6th congressional district 1953 to 1955....

 
Republican 1953-1955 Lost re-election
Earl Thomas Coleman
Earl Thomas Coleman
Earl Thomas Coleman was a U.S. Congressman. He attended public schools and received a B.A. from William Jewell College in 1965 and an M.P.A. from New York University's, Wagner School of Public Service, in 1969. He also received a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1969...

 
Republican 1977-1993 Lost general
George H. Combs, Jr.
George H. Combs, Jr.
George Hamilton Combs, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Combs attended the Kansas City public schools, the University of Missouri, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor....

 
Democratic 1927-1929 Retired
Abram Comingo
Abram Comingo
Abram Comingo was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri from March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875.Comingo was born near Harrodsburg, Kentucky in Mercer County, Kentucky...

 
Democratic 1871-1873 Redistricting
Abram Comingo
Abram Comingo
Abram Comingo was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri from March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875.Comingo was born near Harrodsburg, Kentucky in Mercer County, Kentucky...

 
Democratic 1873-1875 Retired
James Cooney  Democratic 1897-1903 Lost primary
John Cosgrove
John Cosgrove
John Cosgrove was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885.Cosgrove was born near Alexandria Bay, New York in Jefferson County, New York...

 
Democratic 1883-1885 Withdrew after nomination
Harry M. Coudrey
Harry M. Coudrey
Harry Marcy Coudrey was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Brunswick, Missouri, Coudrey moved with his parents to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1878....

 
Republican 1906-1911 Contested election, seated; re-elected; retired
William S. Cowherd
William S. Cowherd
William Strother Cowherd was a Democratic Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1892–1893 and Congressman from Missouri in 1897–1905....

 
Democratic 1897-1905 Lost re-election
James Craig
James Craig (Missouri)
James Craig was an American lawyer and politician from Saint Joseph, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1857 until 1861. He also served as an army Captain in the Mexican-American War....

 
Democratic 1857-1861
Thomas Theodore Crittenden
Thomas Theodore Crittenden
Thomas Theodore Crittenden was a United States colonel during the American Civil War, and served as the 24th Governor of Missouri from 1881 to 1885.-Early life and education:...

 
Democratic 1873-1875 Retired
Thomas Theodore Crittenden
Thomas Theodore Crittenden
Thomas Theodore Crittenden was a United States colonel during the American Civil War, and served as the 24th Governor of Missouri from 1881 to 1885.-Early life and education:...

 
Democratic 1877-1879 Retired; later, 24th Governor of Missouri (1881-1885)
Charles A. Crow
Charles A. Crow
Charles Augustus Crow was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near Sikeston, Missouri, Crow attended the common schools....

 
Republican 1909-1911 Lost re-election
George Calhoun Crowther
George Calhoun Crowther
George Calhoun Crowther was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Lancashire, England, CrowtherImmigrated to the United States in 1855 with his parents, who settled in Dakota City, Nebraska....

 
Republican 1895-1897 Lost re-election
Thomas B. Curtis
Thomas B. Curtis
Thomas Bradford Curtis was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Curtis attended the public schools of Webster Groves, Missouri. He attended Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, earning an A.B. in 1932. He was admitted to the bar in 1934 and commenced the...

 
Republican 1951-1953 Redistricting
Thomas B. Curtis
Thomas B. Curtis
Thomas Bradford Curtis was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Curtis attended the public schools of Webster Groves, Missouri. He attended Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, earning an A.B. in 1932. He was admitted to the bar in 1934 and commenced the...

 
Republican 1953-1969 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
Pat Danner
Pat Danner
Patsy Ann "Pat" Danner is an American politician. She formerly represented the Missouri's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. She is a Democrat.-Education and background:...

 
Democratic 1993-2001 Retired
John Fletcher Darby
John Fletcher Darby
John Fletcher Darby was a U.S. Representative from Missouri and the fourth mayor of St. Louis, Missouri.Darby was born in Person County, North Carolina. He moved with his father to Missouri in 1818, where he worked on a farm, before moving to Frankfort, Kentucky in 1825...

 
Whig 1851-1853
Lowndes Henry Davis
Lowndes Henry Davis
Lowndes Henry Davis was an American politician who served the state of Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1879 and 1885. He was born on December 13, 1836 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. He graduated from Yale College in 1860, where he was a member of Skull and...

 
Democratic 1879-1883 Redistricting
Lowndes Henry Davis
Lowndes Henry Davis
Lowndes Henry Davis was an American politician who served the state of Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1879 and 1885. He was born on December 13, 1836 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. He graduated from Yale College in 1860, where he was a member of Skull and...

 
Democratic 1883-1885 Chairman of Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department (1883-1885)
James Alexander Daugherty
James Alexander Daugherty
James Alexander Daugherty was a Democratic Representative from southwest Missouri.Daugherty was born in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee, August 30, 1847. He moved to Missouri with his parents, who settled near Carterville, Jasper County, in 1867. As an adult he was active in all civic...

 
Democratic 1911-1913 Lost primary
William Dawson
William Dawson (Missouri)
William Dawson was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in New Madrid, Missouri, Dawson was graduated from Christian Brothers' College in St. Louis, Missouri in 1869....

 
Democratic 1885-1887 Lost primary
David A. De Armond
David A. De Armond
David Albaugh De Armond was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891 until March 3, 1893, and then Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1893- until dying in office in 1909.He was born in Blair County, Pennsylvania, attended...

 
Democratic 1891-1893 Redistricting
David A. De Armond
David A. De Armond
David Albaugh De Armond was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891 until March 3, 1893, and then Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1893- until dying in office in 1909.He was born in Blair County, Pennsylvania, attended...

 
Democratic 1893-1909 Died
Rezin A. De Bolt
Rezin A. De Bolt
Rezin A. De Bolt was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Basil, Ohio, De Bolt attended the common schools.He was employed as a tanner.He studied law....

 
Democratic 1875-1877 Retired
Perl D. Decker
Perl D. Decker
Perl D. Decker was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near Coolville, Ohio, Decker moved with his parents to a farm near Hollis, Kansas, in 1879....

 
Democratic 1913-1919 Lost re-election
Clement C. Dickinson
Clement C. Dickinson
Clement Cabell Dickinson , also known as Clement C. Dickinson, was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri from February 1, 1910, to March 3, 1921 and fromMarch 4, 1931-January 3, 1935....

 
Democratic 1910-1921 Lost re-election
Clement C. Dickinson
Clement C. Dickinson
Clement Cabell Dickinson , also known as Clement C. Dickinson, was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri from February 1, 1910, to March 3, 1921 and fromMarch 4, 1931-January 3, 1935....

 
Democratic 1923-1929 Lost re-election
Clement C. Dickinson
Clement C. Dickinson
Clement Cabell Dickinson , also known as Clement C. Dickinson, was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri from February 1, 1910, to March 3, 1921 and fromMarch 4, 1931-January 3, 1935....

 
Democratic 1931-1933 Redistricting; lost re-election
Clement C. Dickinson
Clement C. Dickinson
Clement Cabell Dickinson , also known as Clement C. Dickinson, was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri from February 1, 1910, to March 3, 1921 and fromMarch 4, 1931-January 3, 1935....

 
Democratic 1933-1935 Redistricting; lost primary
Alexander Monroe Dockery
Alexander Monroe Dockery
Alexander Monroe Dockery was a United States Representative and the 30th Governor of Missouri....

 
Democratic 1883-1899 Chairman of Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (1887-1889); retired; later, 30th Governor of Missouri (1901-1905)
John Dougherty  Democratic 1899-1905 Lost primary
Richard M. Duncan
Richard M. Duncan
Richard Meloan Duncan was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Edgerton, Missouri, Duncan attended the public schools.He was graduated from Christian Brothers College, St...

 
Democratic 1933-1935 Redistricting
Richard M. Duncan
Richard M. Duncan
Richard Meloan Duncan was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Edgerton, Missouri, Duncan attended the public schools.He was graduated from Christian Brothers College, St...

 
Democratic 1935-1943 Redistricting; lost re-election; later, judge for U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri is a trial level federal district court based in St. Louis, Missouri, with jurisdiction over fifty counties in the eastern half of Missouri. The court is one of ninety-four district-level courts which make up the first tier of...

 (1943-1965); simultaneously judge for U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri is the federal judicial district encompassing 66 counties in the western half of the State of Missouri...

 (1943-1965); senior
Senior status
Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges, and judges in some state court systems. After federal judges have reached a certain combination of age and years of service on the federal courts, they are allowed to assume senior status...

 District judge (1965-1974d)
David Patterson Dyer
David Patterson Dyer
David Patterson Dyer was a United States federal judge and U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was also the uncle of U.S. Representative Leonidas C. Dyer....

 
Republican 1869-1871 Lost re-election; later, U.S. Attorney for U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri is a trial level federal district court based in St. Louis, Missouri, with jurisdiction over fifty counties in the eastern half of Missouri. The court is one of ninety-four district-level courts which make up the first tier of...

 (1875-1876), judge for U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri is a trial level federal district court based in St. Louis, Missouri, with jurisdiction over fifty counties in the eastern half of Missouri. The court is one of ninety-four district-level courts which make up the first tier of...

 (1907-1919); senior
Senior status
Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges, and judges in some state court systems. After federal judges have reached a certain combination of age and years of service on the federal courts, they are allowed to assume senior status...

 District judge (1919-1924d); uncle of Leonidas C. Dyer
Leonidas C. Dyer
Leonidas C. Dyer
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer was an American politician, reformer, civil rights activist, and military officer who served 11 terms in the U.S. Congress as a Republican Representative from Missouri from 1911 to 1933. In 1898 enrolling in the U.S...

 
Republican 1911-1914 Election contested, unseated; nephew of David Patterson Dyer
Leonidas C. Dyer
Leonidas C. Dyer
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer was an American politician, reformer, civil rights activist, and military officer who served 11 terms in the U.S. Congress as a Republican Representative from Missouri from 1911 to 1933. In 1898 enrolling in the U.S...

 
Republican 1915-1933 Lost re-election; nephew of David Patterson Dyer
Rufus Easton
Rufus Easton
Rufus Easton was a Delegate from the Territory of Missouri.Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, Easton completed an academic course....

 
Delegate Territory
Missouri Territory
The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812 until August 10, 1821, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Missouri.-History:...

 
1814-1816
John Cummins Edwards  Democratic 1841-1843 Ran and became 9th Governor of Missouri (1844-1848)
Edgar C. Ellis
Edgar C. Ellis
Edgar Clarence Ellis was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Vermontville, Michigan, Ellis attended Olivet College, and was graduated from Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, in 1881....

 
Republican 1905-1909 Lost re-election
Edgar C. Ellis
Edgar C. Ellis
Edgar Clarence Ellis was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Vermontville, Michigan, Ellis attended Olivet College, and was graduated from Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, in 1881....

 
Republican 1921-1923 Lost re-election
Edgar C. Ellis
Edgar C. Ellis
Edgar Clarence Ellis was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Vermontville, Michigan, Ellis attended Olivet College, and was graduated from Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, in 1881....

 
Republican 1925-1927 Lost re-election
Edgar C. Ellis
Edgar C. Ellis
Edgar Clarence Ellis was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Vermontville, Michigan, Ellis attended Olivet College, and was graduated from Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, in 1881....

 
Republican 1929-1931 Lost re-election
William P. Elmer
William P. Elmer
William Price Elmer was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Robertsville, Missouri, Elmer attended the public schools and Wingo Law School, Salem, Missouri. He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in Salem, Missouri. He served as prosecuting attorney for Dent County,...

 
Republican 1943-1945 Lost re-election
Politte Elvins
Politte Elvins
Politte Elvins was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in French Village, St. Francois County, Missouri, Elvins attended the public schools....

 
Republican 1909-1911 Lost re-election
Bill Emerson
Bill Emerson
Norvell William "Bill" Emerson was an American politician from Missouri. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death in 1996. He was succeeded in the House by his widow, Jo Ann Emerson...

 
Republican 1981-1983 Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Cape Girardeau is a city located in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties in Southeast Missouri in the United States. It is located approximately southeast of St. Louis and north of Memphis. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 37,941. A college town, it is the home of Southeast Missouri...

 
Redistricting
Bill Emerson
Bill Emerson
Norvell William "Bill" Emerson was an American politician from Missouri. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death in 1996. He was succeeded in the House by his widow, Jo Ann Emerson...

 
Republican 1983-1996 Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Cape Girardeau is a city located in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties in Southeast Missouri in the United States. It is located approximately southeast of St. Louis and north of Memphis. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 37,941. A college town, it is the home of Southeast Missouri...

 
Died; succeeded by his widow, Jo Ann Emerson
Jo Ann Emerson
Jo Ann Emerson
Jo Ann Emerson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. The district consists of Southeast and South Central Missouri and includes the Bootheel, the Lead Belt and the Ozarks. Emerson is a member of the Republican Party....

Republican 1996-Present Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Cape Girardeau is a city located in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties in Southeast Missouri in the United States. It is located approximately southeast of St. Louis and north of Memphis. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 37,941. A college town, it is the home of Southeast Missouri...

Incumbent; succeeded her late husband, Bill Emerson
Frederick Essen
Frederick Essen
Frederick Essen was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Pond, St. Louis County, Missouri, Essen attended the public schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits.Recorder of deeds of St...

 
Republican 1918-1919 Retired
Charles L. Faust
Charles L. Faust
Charles Lee Faust was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Bellefontaine, Ohio, Faust moved with his parents to a farm near Highland, Kansas.He attended the public schools and Highland University....

 
Republican 1921-1928 Died; had been re-elected to another term; Chairman of Committee on the Census (1923-1925)
Gustavus A. Finkelnburg
Gustavus A. Finkelnburg
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Missouri.-Biography:Born near Cologne, Germany, Finkelnburg immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1848, settling in St. Charles, Missouri. He attended St. Charles College and graduated from...

 
Republican 1869-1871 Changed parties
Gustavus A. Finkelnburg
Gustavus A. Finkelnburg
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Missouri.-Biography:Born near Cologne, Germany, Finkelnburg immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1848, settling in St. Charles, Missouri. He attended St. Charles College and graduated from...

 
Liberal Republican 1871-1873 Later, judge for U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri is a trial level federal district court based in St. Louis, Missouri, with jurisdiction over fifty counties in the eastern half of Missouri. The court is one of ninety-four district-level courts which make up the first tier of...

 (1905-1907)
Nicholas Ford
Nicholas Ford
Nicholas Ford was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Wicklow, Ireland, Ford attended the village school and Maynooth College, Dublin, Ireland....

 
Greenback 1879-1883 Redistricting; lost re-election
Nathan Frank
Nathan Frank
Nathan Frank was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Peoria, Illinois, Frank attended the public schools of Peoria and St. Louis and Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri....

 
Republican 1889-1891 Retired
Benjamin Joseph Franklin
Benjamin Joseph Franklin
Benjamin Joseph Franklin was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, and territorial governor of Arizona.Born in Maysville, Kentucky, in March 1839, Franklin attended private schools, and Bethany College, Bethany, Virginia from 1849 to 1851.He taught school.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar...

 
Democratic 1875-1879 Chairman of Committee on Territories
United States House Committee on Territories
The United States House Committee on Territories was a committee of the United States House of Representatives from 1825 to 1946 . Its jurisdiction was reporting on a variety to topics related to the territories, including legislation concerning them, and their admission as new states....

 (1877-1879); withdrew during primary; later, 12th Governor of Arizona Territory (1896-1897)
Richard Graham Frost
Richard Graham Frost
Richard Graham Frost was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Frost attended St. John's College, New York City, the University of London, and the St. Louis Law School....

 
Democratic 1879-1883 Election contested, unseated 1 day before end of 47th Congress
James F. Fulbright
James F. Fulbright
James Franklin Fulbright was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Millersville, Missouri, Fulbright attended the public schools and was graduated from the State Normal School, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1900....

 
Democratic 1923-1925 Lost re-election
James F. Fulbright
James F. Fulbright
James Franklin Fulbright was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Millersville, Missouri, Fulbright attended the public schools and was graduated from the State Normal School, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1900....

 
Democratic 1927-1929 Lost re-election
James F. Fulbright
James F. Fulbright
James Franklin Fulbright was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Millersville, Missouri, Fulbright attended the public schools and was graduated from the State Normal School, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1900....

 
Democratic 1931-1933 Lost primary; later judge of Springfield Court of Appeals (1937-1948d)
Frank B. Fulkerson
Frank B. Fulkerson
Frank Ballard Fulkerson was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Edinburg, Missouri, Fulkerson moved with his parents to a farm near Higginsville, Missouri....

 
Republican 1905-1907 Lost re-election
Robert Washington Fyan
Robert Washington Fyan
Robert Washington Fyan was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, Fyan attended the common schools.He studied law....

 
Democratic 1883-1885
Robert Washington Fyan
Robert Washington Fyan
Robert Washington Fyan was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, Fyan attended the common schools.He studied law....

 
Democratic 1891-1895
Dick Gephardt
Dick Gephardt
Richard Andrew "Dick" Gephardt is a lobbyist and former prominent American politician of the Democratic Party. Gephardt served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri from January 3, 1977, until January 3, 2005, serving as House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995, and as Minority Leader from 1995 to...

 
Democratic 1977-2005 House Majority Leader
Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives
Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door caucus by secret ballot and are also known as floor leaders. The U.S. House of Representatives does not officially use the term "Minority Leader", although the media frequently does...

 (1989-1995); House Minority Leader
Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives
Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door caucus by secret ballot and are also known as floor leaders. The U.S. House of Representatives does not officially use the term "Minority Leader", although the media frequently does...

 (1995-2003); ran for president (lost primary)
United States presidential election, 2004
The United States presidential election of 2004 was the United States' 55th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W. Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior U.S. Senator...

Michael Joseph Gill
Michael Joseph Gill
Michael Joseph Gill was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Covington, Kentucky, Gill attended the common schools and Oberlin College.He engaged in the glass manufacturing business....

 
Democratic 1914-1915 Contested election, seated; lost re-election
Patrick F. Gill
Patrick F. Gill
Patrick Francis Gill was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Pre-congressional life:Born in Independence, Missouri, Gill moved with his widowed mother to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1871. He attended the parochial schools and St. Louis University in 1890. He engaged in the grocery business and served...

 
Democratic 1909-1911 Lost re-election, unseated
Patrick F. Gill
Patrick F. Gill
Patrick Francis Gill was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Pre-congressional life:Born in Independence, Missouri, Gill moved with his widowed mother to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1871. He attended the parochial schools and St. Louis University in 1890. He engaged in the grocery business and served...

 
Democratic 1912-1913 Contested election, seated
John Milton Glover
John Milton Glover
:See also: John Montgomery GloverJohn Milton Glover was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of John Montgomery Glover....

 
Democratic 1885-1889 Ran for governor (lost); nephew of John Montgomery Glover
John Montgomery Glover
John Montgomery Glover
John Montgomery Glover was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, uncle of John Milton Glover.Born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Glover attended the public schools in Kentucky....

 
Democratic 1877-1879 Chairman of Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (1877-1879); lost primary; uncle of John Milton Glover
Joseph J. Gravely
Joseph J. Gravely
Joseph Jackson Gravely was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and teacher from Virginia and Missouri.-Biography:...

 
Republican 1867-1869 Retired; later, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (1871-1872d)
Alexander Graves
Alexander Graves
Alexander Graves was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Mount Carmel, Mississippi, Graves attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky....

 
Democratic 1883-1885 Lost re-election
Sam Graves
Sam Graves
Samuel B. Graves, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district consists of Northwest Missouri and includes the portion of Kansas City north of the Missouri River and many northern suburbs.-Early life, education and career:Graves is a...

Republican 2001-Present Tarkio
Tarkio, Missouri
Tarkio is a city in Tarkio Township, Atchison County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,583 at the 2010 census . It was platted in 1880 and incorporated in 1881. The name "Tarkio" is from a Native American word meaning "place where walnuts grow"...

Incumbent
James S. Green
James S. Green
James Stephen Green was a United States Representative and Senator from Missouri.-Early life and education:...

 
Democratic 1847-1851 Retired; was later re-elected to the House but also elected and took office as U.S. Senator (1857-1861)
Thomas Hackney
Thomas Hackney
Thomas Hackney was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Campbellsville, Tennessee, Hackney moved with his parents to Jackson County, Illinois, in 1864....

 
Democratic 1907-1909 Lost re-election
John Blackwell Hale
John Blackwell Hale
John Blackwell Hale was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Brooks County, Virginia , Hale attended the common schools.He studied law....

 
Democratic 1885-1887 Lost primary, ran as Independent (lost)
Durward Gorham Hall
Durward Gorham Hall
Dr. Durward Gorham Hall was a six-term US representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district.-Biography:He was born in Cassville, Missouri on September 14, 1910 and graduated from Greenwood Laboratory School at Southwest Missouri State Teacher's College; later becoming Southwest Missouri...

 
Republican 1961-1973 Retired
Uriel Sebree Hall
Uriel Sebree Hall
Uriel Sebree Hall was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, son of William Augustus Hall and nephew of Willard Preble Hall....

 
Democratic 1893-1897 Retired; son of William Augustus Hall; nephew of Willard Preble Hall
Willard Preble Hall
Willard Preble Hall
William Willard Preble Hall was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 17th Governor of Missouri from 1864 to 1865 during last years of the American Civil War.-Early years:...

 
Democratic 1847-1853 Chairman of Committee on Private Land Claims
United States Court of Private Land Claims
The United States Court of Private Land Claims , was a United States court created to decide land claims guaranteed by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, and in the states of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming.-Origins:During Spanish and Mexican rule...

 (1849-1851); Chairman of Committee on Public Lands (1851-1853); later, 12th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (1861-1864) and 17th Governor of Missouri (1864-1865); brother of William Augustus Hall; uncle of Uriel Sebree Hall
William Augustus Hall
William Augustus Hall
William Augustus Hall was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He is the brother of Governor and Representative Willard Preble Hall and also the father of Representative Uriel Sebree Hall....

 
Democratic 1862-1863 Redistricting; brother of Willard Preble Hall; father of Uriel Sebree Hall
William Augustus Hall
William Augustus Hall
William Augustus Hall was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He is the brother of Governor and Representative Willard Preble Hall and also the father of Representative Uriel Sebree Hall....

 
Unionist 1863-1865 Retired; brother of Willard Preble Hall; father of Uriel Sebree Hall
Thomas Jefferson Halsey
Thomas Jefferson Halsey
Thomas Jefferson Halsey was a Republican Representative representing Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931....

 
Republican 1929-1931 Lost re-election
Courtney W. Hamlin
Courtney W. Hamlin
Courtney Walker Hamlin was a U.S. representative from Missouri and cousin of William Edward Barton.-Early life:...

 
Democratic 1903-1905 Lost re-election
Courtney W. Hamlin
Courtney W. Hamlin
Courtney Walker Hamlin was a U.S. representative from Missouri and cousin of William Edward Barton.-Early life:...

 
Democratic 1907-1919 Chairman of Committee on Expenditures in the State Department (1911-1919); lost primary
Mel Hancock
Mel Hancock
Melton D. "Mel" Hancock was a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri's 7th congressional district....

 
Republican 1989-1997 Retired
Albert Galliton Harrison
Albert Galliton Harrison
Albert Galliton Harrison was a three term United States Representative from Missouri.Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Harrison graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1820. He was then admitted to the bar and began his law practice in Mount Sterling...

 
Jacksonian
Jacksonian democracy
Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters. Jackson's policies followed the era of Jeffersonian democracy which dominated the previous political era. The Democratic-Republican Party of...

 
1835-1837 Changed parties
Albert Galliton Harrison
Albert Galliton Harrison
Albert Galliton Harrison was a three term United States Representative from Missouri.Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Harrison graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1820. He was then admitted to the bar and began his law practice in Mount Sterling...

 
Democratic 1837-1839 Died
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Jo Hartzler is the U.S. Representative for . She is a member of the Republican Party. She represented District 124 in the Missouri House from 1995 to 2000.-Early life:...

Republican 2011-Present Harrisonville
Harrisonville, Missouri
Harrisonville is a city in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,019 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of CassCounty.Harrisonville was found in 1837, and was named for Congressman Albert G. Harrison...

Incumbent
William H. Hatch
William H. Hatch
William Henry Hatch was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Biography:Born near Georgetown, Kentucky, Hatch attended the schools of Lexington, Kentucky, where he studied law....

 
Democratic 1879-1883 Redistricting
William H. Hatch
William H. Hatch
William Henry Hatch was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Biography:Born near Georgetown, Kentucky, Hatch attended the schools of Lexington, Kentucky, where he studied law....

 
Democratic 1883-1895 Chairman of Committee on Agriculture
United States House Committee on Agriculture
The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, or Agriculture Committee is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. The House Committee on Agriculture has general jurisdiction over federal agriculture policy and oversight of some federal agencies, and it can recommend funding...

 (1883-1889) & (1891-1895); lost re-election
Robert Anthony Hatcher
Robert Anthony Hatcher
Robert Anthony Hatcher was a prominent Missouri politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War and then spent three terms in the United States House of Representatives after the war during Reconstruction.-Biography:Hatcher was born in Buckingham County,...

 
Democratic 1873-1879 Chairman of Committee on Public Expenditures (1877-1879)
Harrison E. Havens
Harrison E. Havens
Harrison Eugene Havens was an American lawyer and politician. He was born in Franklin County, Ohio and was the Republican Party Representative from Missouri for the 4th District in the 42nd United States Congress between 1871 and 1873, and for the 6th District in the 43rd United States Congress...

 
Republican 1871-1873 Redistricting
Harrison E. Havens
Harrison E. Havens
Harrison Eugene Havens was an American lawyer and politician. He was born in Franklin County, Ohio and was the Republican Party Representative from Missouri for the 4th District in the 42nd United States Congress between 1871 and 1873, and for the 6th District in the 43rd United States Congress...

 
Republican 1873-1875 Chairman of Committee on Public Expenditures (1873-1875); lost re-election
Harry B. Hawes
Harry B. Hawes
Harry Bartow Hawes was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate from Missouri....

 
Democratic 1921-1926 Resigned to run and became U.S. Senator (1926-1933)
Edward D. Hays
Edward D. Hays
Edward Dixon Hays was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near Oak Ridge, Missouri to John W. and Mary Jane Hays, he attended the public schools. His parents were natives of Clearfield and Elk Co., PA...

 
Republican 1919-1923 Lost re-election
Ira Sherwin Hazeltine
Ira Sherwin Hazeltine
Ira Sherwin Hazeltine was a Greenback Representative representing Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883....

 
Greenback 1881-1883 Redistricting; lost re-election
John T. Heard
John T. Heard
John Taddeus Heard was a Democrat Representative representing Missouri from March 4, 1885-March 3, 1895.Heard was born in Georgetown, Missouri in Pettis County, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1860. He was admitted to the bar in 1862 and practiced law in Sedalia, Missouri...

 
Democratic 1885-1893 Redistricting
John T. Heard
John T. Heard
John Taddeus Heard was a Democrat Representative representing Missouri from March 4, 1885-March 3, 1895.Heard was born in Georgetown, Missouri in Pettis County, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1860. He was admitted to the bar in 1862 and practiced law in Sedalia, Missouri...

 
Democratic 1893-1895 Chairman, of Committee on District of Columbia (1893-1895); lost re-election
Edward Hempstead
Edward Hempstead
Edward Hempstead was an American lawyer, pioneer, and one of the early settlers in the new Louisiana Purchase in 1805. Born in New London, Connecticut, Hempstead was the delegate in the U.S. House for the Missouri Territory from 1812 to 1814...

 
Delegate Territory
Missouri Territory
The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812 until August 10, 1821, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Missouri.-History:...

 
1812-1814
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.
Thomas Carey Hennings, Jr. was an American political figure from Missouri, and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives , and the United States Senate ....

 
Democratic 1935-1940 Resigned to run and became circuit attorney for St. Louis (1941-1944); later U.S. Senator (1951-1960d)
Walter Lewis Hensley
Walter Lewis Hensley
Walter Lewis Hensley was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Pevely, Missouri, Hensley attended the public schools and the law department of the University of Missouri....

 
Democratic 1911-1919 Retired
Jeffrey Paul Hillelson
Jeffrey Paul Hillelson
Jeffrey Paul Hillelson was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Early Life and Education:Born in Springfield, Ohio, Hillelson attended the public schools.He graduated from the University of Missouri–Kansas City 1947....

 
Republican 1953-1955 Lost re-election
John Hogan
John Hogan (Missouri)
John Hogan was a United States Representative from Missouri. Born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States in 1817 and settled in Baltimore...

 
Democratic 1865-1867 Lost re-election
David W. Hopkins
David W. Hopkins
David William Hopkins was a Republican U.S. Representative from Missouri; born in Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas.Hopkins moved with his parents to Saint Joseph, Missouri in 1899...

 
Republican 1929-1933 Lost re-election
Joan Kelly Horn
Joan Kelly Horn
Joan Kelly Horn is an American politician from Missouri. She served one term in the United States House of Representatives representing Missouri's 2nd congressional district in suburban St. Louis. She is a Democrat....

 
Democratic 1991-1993 Lost general
Joel Douglas Hubbard
Joel Douglas Hubbard
Joel Douglas Hubbard was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Marshall, Missouri, Hubbard attended the public schools and Central College, Fayette, Missouri.He was graduated from the Missouri Medical College at St...

 
Republican 1895-1897 Lost re-election
James Madison Hughes
James Madison Hughes
James Madison Hughes was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Hughes received a liberal schooling.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Liberty, Missouri....

 
Democratic 1843-1845
Theodore W. Hukriede
Theodore W. Hukriede
Theodore Waldemar Hukriede was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near New Truxton, Missouri, Hukriede attended the public schools, Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Missouri, and the University of Missouri....

 
Republican 1919-1923 Lost re-election; later U.S. Marshal for eastern district of Missouri (1923-1933)
William Raleigh Hull, Jr.
William Raleigh Hull, Jr.
William Raleigh Hull, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Missouri's 6th congressional district. He was born in Weston, Missouri into a prominent tobacco raising family. He was co-owner of Hull’s Tobacco Warehouse in Weston, director of First National Bank, Leavenworth, Kansas and a mayor of...

 
Democratic 1955-1973 Retired
Kenny Hulshof
Kenny Hulshof
Kenneth C. "Kenny" Hulshof is a politician from the U.S. state of Missouri, and represented in the United States House of Representatives. He was the unsuccessful nominee of the Republican Party for Governor of Missouri in the 2008 election.- Biography :...

 
Republican 1997-2009 Columbia, Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Columbia is the fifth-largest city in Missouri, and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. With a population of 108,500 as of the 2010 Census, it is the principal municipality of the Columbia Metropolitan Area, a region of 164,283 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Boone County and as the...

 
Ran for governor (lost primary)
Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008
-Polling:-Results:-See also:* U.S. gubernatorial elections, 2008* Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004* Missouri Lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2008-External links:* from the Missouri Secretary of State* at Project Vote Smart...

William L. Hungate
William L. Hungate
William Leonard Hungate was a United States Representative from Missouri from November 3, 1964 to January 3, 1977, representing the Ninth Congressional District. Following his retirement from the U.S...

 
Democratic 1964-1977 Retired; later, judge for U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri is a trial level federal district court based in St. Louis, Missouri, with jurisdiction over fifty counties in the eastern half of Missouri. The court is one of ninety-four district-level courts which make up the first tier of...

 (1979-1992)
John T. Hunt
John T. Hunt
John Thomas Hunt was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Hunt attended the common schools.In his youth was a professional ball player and umpire....

 
Democratic 1903-1907 Lost re-election
John E. Hutton
John E. Hutton
John Edward Hutton was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Polk County, Tennessee, Hutton moved with his parents to Troy, Missouri, in 1831.He attended the common schools....

 
Democratic 1885-1889 Retired
Ira B. Hyde
Ira B. Hyde
Ira Barnes Hyde was a Representative from Missouri. He was a Republican.Hyde was born in Guilford, New York in 1838. He served in the army during the Civil War, and was a representative between 1873 and 1875. He ran for reelection but lost. He died in Princeton, Missouri in 1926.His sons have also...

 
Republican 1875-1877 Lost re-election; father of Arthur M. Hyde & Laurance M. Hyde
Laurance M. Hyde
Laurance Mastick Hyde was a chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court. He was a Republican.Hyde was born in Princeton, Missouri and served in the U.S. Army during World War I...

Richard Howard Ichord, Jr.  Democratic 1961-1981 Chairman of House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
House Un-American Activities Committee
The House Committee on Un-American Activities or House Un-American Activities Committee was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. In 1969, the House changed the committee's name to "House Committee on Internal Security"...

 beginning 1969, and its successor Committee on Internal Security
House Un-American Activities Committee
The House Committee on Un-American Activities or House Un-American Activities Committee was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. In 1969, the House changed the committee's name to "House Committee on Internal Security"...

 until 1975; retired
William L. Igoe
William L. Igoe
William Leo Igoe was a United States Representative from Missouri. He attended the public and parochial schools of St. Louis and graduated from the law school of Washington University in St. Louis in 1902. He was admitted to the bar in the same year and commenced the practice of law in St. Louis....

 
Democratic 1913-1921 Retired
Leonard Irving
Leonard Irving
Theodore Leonard Irving was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, Irving moved with his parents to a farm in North Dakota.He attended the public schools of North Dakota....

 
Democratic 1949-1953 Lost primary
Anthony F. Ittner
Anthony F. Ittner
Anthony Friday Ittner was a nineteenth century politician and brick manufacturer from Missouri.-Biography:...

 
Republican 1877-1879 Retired
John Jameson  Democratic 1839-1841 Retired
John Jameson  Democratic 1843-1845 Retired
John Jameson  Democratic 1847-1849 Retired
Robert Davis Johnson
Robert Davis Johnson
Robert Davis Johnson was a U.S. representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near Slater, Missouri, Johnson was educated in the rural graded schools of his native county, and was graduated from the Portland High School in 1901.He attended the Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Missouri.He taught...

 
Democratic 1931-1933 Lost primary; later, judge for Missouri 15th Judicial Circuit Court
Missouri Circuit Courts
The Missouri Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of original jurisdiction and general jurisdiction of the state of Missouri.-Jurisdiction:The Missouri Constitution provides for the Circuit Courts in Article V, Judicial Department.-List of circuits:...

 (1940-1947)
Rowland Louis Johnston
Rowland Louis Johnston
Rowland Louis Johnston was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Louisiana, Missouri, Johnston attended the public schools.He studied law....

 
Republican 1929-1931 Lost re-election
Paul C. Jones
Paul C. Jones
Paul Caruthers Jones was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Kennett, Missouri, Jones attended the Kennett public schools. He was graduated from the University of Missouri with a B.J. degree in 1923. He served as a member of the Kennett city council from 1931 to 1933 and as mayor of...

 
Democratic 1948-1969 Retired
Henry L. Jost
Henry L. Jost
Henry Lee Jost was a Democratic Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1912-1916 and a U.S. Congressman from March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925....

 
Democratic 1923-1925 Retired
Charles Frederick Joy
Charles Frederick Joy
Charles Frederick Joy was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Joy attended the public schools.He was graduated from Yale College in 1874.He studied law....

 
Republican 1893-1894 Election contested, unseated
Charles Frederick Joy
Charles Frederick Joy
Charles Frederick Joy was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Joy attended the public schools.He was graduated from Yale College in 1874.He studied law....

 
Republican 1895-1903 Re-elected; lost primary
Raymond W. Karst
Raymond W. Karst
Raymond Willard Karst was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in South St. Louis, Missouri, Karst attended Wyman grade school and St. Louis Academy....

 
Democratic 1949-1951 Lost re-election
Frank M. Karsten
Frank M. Karsten
Frank Melvin Karsten was a Democratic United States Representative from Missouri.Born in San Antonio, Texas, Karsten graduated from Beaumont High School, St...

 
Democratic 1947-1953 Redistricting
Frank M. Karsten
Frank M. Karsten
Frank Melvin Karsten was a Democratic United States Representative from Missouri.Born in San Antonio, Texas, Karsten graduated from Beaumont High School, St...

 
Democratic 1953-1969 Retired
Edward C. Kehr
Edward C. Kehr
Edward Charles Kehr was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Missouri.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Kehr pursued in an academic course, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1858, commencing practice in St. Louis...

 
Democratic 1875-1877 Lost re-election
John R. Kelso
John R. Kelso
John Russell Kelso was a nineteenth century politician, author, lecturer and school principal from Missouri.-Biography:...

 
Independent Radical 1865-1867 Retired
Luther Martin Kennett
Luther Martin Kennett
Luther Martin Kennett was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Falmouth, Kentucky, Kennett attended private schools.Deputy county clerk of Pendleton County in 1822 and 1823 and of Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1824....

 
Whig 1855-1857 Lost re-election; namesake of Kennett, Missouri
Kennett, Missouri
Kennett is a city in Dunklin County, Missouri, United States. The population was 11,260 at the 2000 census, but a 2008 estimate indicates a 4.9% decrease in population to 10,707. Kennett is the county seat of Dunklin County...

Charles Edward Kiefner
Charles Edward Kiefner
Charles Edward Kiefner was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.*Born in Perryville, Missouri, Kiefner attended the public schools.*He engaged in the retail lumber business and also in road construction....

 
Republican 1925-1927 Lost re-election
Charles Edward Kiefner
Charles Edward Kiefner
Charles Edward Kiefner was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.*Born in Perryville, Missouri, Kiefner attended the public schools.*He engaged in the retail lumber business and also in road construction....

 
Republican 1929-1931 Lost re-election
Andrew King
Andrew King (representative)
Andrew King was a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Missouri in the mid- to late 19th century. He was a member of the Democratic Party....

 
Democratic 1871-1873 Retired
Austin Augustus King  Unionist 1863-1865 Previously 10th Governor of Missouri (1848-1853); lost re-election
William Medcalf Kinsey
William Medcalf Kinsey
William Medcalf Kinsey was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Kinsey attended Hopedale Academy, Harrison County, Ohio, and Monmouth College, Illinois....

 
Republican 1889-1891 Lost re-election
Frank B. Klepper
Frank B. Klepper
Frank B. Klepper was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in St. John, Putnam County, Missouri, Klepper moved with his parents to Mirabile, Missouri, where he remained for ten years, and attended the common schools....

 
Republican 1905-1907 Lost re-election
Samuel Knox
Samuel Knox
Samuel Knox was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Blandford, Massachusetts, Knox attended the common schools....

 
Unionist 1864-1865 Contested election, seated; lost re-election
J. Robert Lamar
J. Robert Lamar
James Robert Lamar was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born at Edgar Springs, Missouri, Lamar attended the common schools and Licking Academy.He taught school in Phelps and Texas Counties....

 
Democratic 1903-1905 Lost re-election
J. Robert Lamar
J. Robert Lamar
James Robert Lamar was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born at Edgar Springs, Missouri, Lamar attended the common schools and Licking Academy.He taught school in Phelps and Texas Counties....

 
Democratic 1907-1909 Lost re-election
Alfred William Lamb
Alfred William Lamb
Alfred William Lamb was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Stamford, New York, Lamb moved with his parents to Ralls County, Missouri in 1836.He attended Doctor Ely's school in Ely, Missouri...

 
Democratic 1853-1855 Retired
Henry F. Lawrence
Henry F. Lawrence
Henry Franklin Lawrence was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Greensburg, Indiana, Lawrence attended the public schools, the local high school, and Stanberry Normal School....

 
Republican 1921-1923 Lost re-election
Alfred Morrison Lay
Alfred Morrison Lay
Alfred Morrison Lay was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Lewis County, Missouri, Lay moved with his parents to Benton County in 1842....

 
Democratic 1879 Died
Frank H. Lee
Frank H. Lee
Frank Hood Lee was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near De Soto, Kansas, Lee moved to Missouri with his parents, who settled near Virgil City in Vernon County in 1876. He attended the public schools of Virgil City and studied law.He served as Justice of the Peace in 1894...

 
Democratic 1933-1935 Redistricting; lost re-election
James Johnson Lindley
James Johnson Lindley
James Johnson Lindley was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Mansfield, Ohio, Lindley moved with his parents to Cynthiana, Kentucky, in 1836.He attended Woodville College, Ohio.He moved to St...

 
Whig 1853-1855 Changed parties
James Johnson Lindley
James Johnson Lindley
James Johnson Lindley was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Mansfield, Ohio, Lindley moved with his parents to Cynthiana, Kentucky, in 1836.He attended Woodville College, Ohio.He moved to St...

 
Opposition 1855-1857 Retired; later, judge for Missouri 8th Judicial Circuit Court
Missouri Circuit Courts
The Missouri Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of original jurisdiction and general jurisdiction of the state of Missouri.-Jurisdiction:The Missouri Constitution provides for the Circuit Courts in Article V, Judicial Department.-List of circuits:...

 (1871-1883)
Jerry Litton
Jerry Litton
Jerry Lon Litton was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Missouri who died with his wife and two children while en route via a small plane to the victory party after winning Missouri's state Democratic primary for U.S. Senate....

 
Democratic 1973-1976 Died in airplane crash while nominee for U.S. Senate
James Tilghman Lloyd
James Tilghman Lloyd
James Tilghman Lloyd was a U.S. political figure and a Representative from Missouri from 1897 to 1917. He served as the House minority whip between 1901 and 1908.-External links:...

 
Democratic 1897-1917 Chairman of Committee on Accounts (1911-1917); retired
Benjamin F. Loan
Benjamin F. Loan
Benjamin Franklin Loan was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, as well as a Union General during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

 
Unionist 1863-1865 Changed parties
Benjamin F. Loan
Benjamin F. Loan
Benjamin Franklin Loan was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, as well as a Union General during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

 
Republican 1865-1869 Chairman of Committee on Revolutionary Pensions; lost re-election
Billy Long Republican 2011-Present Springfield
Springfield, Missouri
Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. According to the 2010 census data, the population was 159,498, an increase of 5.2% since the 2000 census. The Springfield Metropolitan Area, population 436,712, includes the counties of...

Incumbent
Ralph F. Lozier
Ralph F. Lozier
Ralph Fulton Lozier was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Hardin, Missouri, Lozier attended the public schools. He graduated from the Carrollton High School in 1883 and engaged in teaching for several years before studying law.He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice...

 
Democratic 1923-1933 Chairman of Committee on the Census (1931-1935); redistricting
Ralph F. Lozier
Ralph F. Lozier
Ralph Fulton Lozier was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Hardin, Missouri, Lozier attended the public schools. He graduated from the Carrollton High School in 1883 and engaged in teaching for several years before studying law.He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice...

 
Democratic 1933-1935 Redistricting; lost primary; later, judge for Missouri 7th Judicial Circuit Court
Missouri Circuit Courts
The Missouri Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of original jurisdiction and general jurisdiction of the state of Missouri.-Jurisdiction:The Missouri Constitution provides for the Circuit Courts in Article V, Judicial Department.-List of circuits:...

 (1936)
Blaine Luetkemeyer
Blaine Luetkemeyer
Blaine Luetkemeyer is the U. S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district contains most of Northeastern Missouri. As a result of the 2010 Census Missouri will lose a Congressional district effective 2013...

Republican 2009-Present St. Elizabeth
St. Elizabeth, Missouri
St. Elizabeth is a village in Miller County, Missouri, United States. The population was 336 at the 2010 census.-Geography:St. Elizabeth is located at ....

Incumbent
Clare Magee
Clare Magee
Clare Magee was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm in Putnam County near Livonia, Missouri, MageeGraduate of Unionville High School.Student in Kirksville State Teachers College in 1916....

 
Democratic 1949-1953 Retired
Samuel C. Major
Samuel C. Major
Samuel Collier Major was a U.S. representative from Missouri.Born in Fayette, Missouri, Major attended the public schools and Central College at Fayette. He was graduated from St. James Military Academy, Macon, Missouri, in 1888...

 
Democratic 1919-1921 Lost re-election
Samuel C. Major
Samuel C. Major
Samuel Collier Major was a U.S. representative from Missouri.Born in Fayette, Missouri, Major attended the public schools and Central College at Fayette. He was graduated from St. James Military Academy, Macon, Missouri, in 1888...

 
Democratic 1923-1929 Lost re-election
Samuel C. Major
Samuel C. Major
Samuel Collier Major was a U.S. representative from Missouri.Born in Fayette, Missouri, Major attended the public schools and Central College at Fayette. He was graduated from St. James Military Academy, Macon, Missouri, in 1888...

 
Democratic 1931 Died
Joe J. Manlove
Joe J. Manlove
Joe Jonathan Manlove was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near Carthage, Missouri, Manlove attended the public schools and was graduated from Presbyterian Academy at Mount Vernon, Missouri.He studied law....

 
Republican 1923-1933 Lost re-election
Charles H. Mansur
Charles H. Mansur
Charles Harley Mansur was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mansur attended Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts....

 
Democratic 1887-1893 Lost primary
Karen McCarthy
Karen McCarthy
Karen McCarthy was a Missouri politician. She served as the U.S. Representative for the fifth district of Missouri from 1995 to 2005.-Early life:...

 
Democratic 1995-2005 Retired
Joseph W. McClurg
Joseph W. McClurg
Joseph Washington McClurg was the 19th Governor of Missouri in the decade following the American Civil War. His stepfather was William Murphy.-Biography:...

 
Unionist 1863-1865 Changed parties
Joseph W. McClurg
Joseph W. McClurg
Joseph Washington McClurg was the 19th Governor of Missouri in the decade following the American Civil War. His stepfather was William Murphy.-Biography:...

 
Republican 1865-1868 Resigned after election as 19th Governor of Missouri (1869-1871)
James Robinson McCormick
James Robinson McCormick
James Robinson McCormick was a United States Representative from Missouri.Born near Irondale, Washington County, Missouri, McCormick attended public schools in Washington County, Missouri. He received private instruction and entered Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, as a medical student...

 
Democratic 1867-1873 Retired
William McDaniel
William McDaniel
William McDaniel was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Missouri:Born in Grayson County, Kentucky, McDaniel moved to Missouri in the late 1820s. He served as member of the State senate in 1838 and 1840. He served in the Missouri Volunteers during the Seminole War. McDaniel was elected...

 
Democratic 1846-1847 Filled vacancy
James Henry McLean
James Henry McLean
James Henry Mclean was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Ayrshire, Scotland, McleanReared in Nova Scotia, Canada.Immigrated to the United States in 1842 and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....

 
Republican 1882-1883
Isaac V. McPherson
Isaac V. McPherson
Isaac Vanbert Mcpherson was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Rome, Missouri, Mcpherson moved to Bradleyville, Missouri, with his parents....

 
Republican 1919-1923 Lost primary
Jacob Edwin Meeker
Jacob Edwin Meeker
Jacob Edwin Meeker was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Attica, Indiana, Meeker attended the public schools....

 
Republican 1915-1918 Died
Lyne Metcalfe
Lyne Metcalfe
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Madisonville, Kentucky, Metcalfe attended the common schools, Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois, and Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois....

 
Republican 1877-1879 Lost re-election
John Miller  Democratic 1837-1843 Previously, 4th Governor of Missouri (1825-1832); retired
John Gaines Miller
John Gaines Miller
John Gaines Miller was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Danville, Kentucky, Miller attended the common schools and was graduated from Centre College in Danville.He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1834....

 
Whig 1851-1853 Redistricting
John Gaines Miller
John Gaines Miller
John Gaines Miller was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Danville, Kentucky, Miller attended the common schools and was graduated from Centre College in Danville.He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1834....

 
Whig 1853-1855 Changed parties
John Gaines Miller
John Gaines Miller
John Gaines Miller was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Danville, Kentucky, Miller attended the common schools and was graduated from Centre College in Danville.He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1834....

 
Opposition 1855-1856 Died
Louis E. Miller
Louis E. Miller
Louis Ebenezer Miller was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Willisburg, Washington County, Kentucky, Miller attended the grade schools of Washington County, Kentucky, Springfield High School, and St. Mary's College, St. Marys, Kansas.During the First World War served as a private.He was...

 
Republican 1943-1945 Lost re-election
Jacob L. Milligan
Jacob L. Milligan
Jacob Le Roy Milligan was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Richmond, Missouri, Milligan attended the public schools and the law department of the University of Missouri 1910-1914....

 
Democratic 1920-1921 Lost re-election
Jacob L. Milligan
Jacob L. Milligan
Jacob Le Roy Milligan was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Richmond, Missouri, Milligan attended the public schools and the law department of the University of Missouri 1910-1914....

 
Democratic 1923-1933 Redistricting
Jacob L. Milligan
Jacob L. Milligan
Jacob Le Roy Milligan was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Richmond, Missouri, Milligan attended the public schools and the law department of the University of Missouri 1910-1914....

 
Democratic 1933-1935 Redistricting; ran for U.S. Senate (lost)
Frank C. Millspaugh
Frank C. Millspaugh
Frank Crenshaw Millspaugh was a United States Representative from Missouri.Born in Shawneetown, Illinois, Millspaugh attended public schools. He entered the grain commission business in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1891. He moved to Chicago in 1892, to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1894 and to Canton,...

 
Republican 1921-1922 Lost re-election and resigned
Charles Henry Morgan
Charles Henry Morgan
Charles Henry Morgan was a United States Representative for Missouri from March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1879, March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885, March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895, and March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1911.-Biography:...

 
Democratic 1875-1879 Lost re-election
Charles Henry Morgan
Charles Henry Morgan
Charles Henry Morgan was a United States Representative for Missouri from March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1879, March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885, March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895, and March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1911.-Biography:...

 
Democratic 1883-1885 Chairman of Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (1883-1885); lost re-election
Charles Henry Morgan
Charles Henry Morgan
Charles Henry Morgan was a United States Representative for Missouri from March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1879, March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885, March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895, and March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1911.-Biography:...

 
Democratic 1893-1895 Lost primary
Charles Henry Morgan
Charles Henry Morgan
Charles Henry Morgan was a United States Representative for Missouri from March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1879, March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885, March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895, and March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1911.-Biography:...

 
Republican 1909-1911 Lost re-election
Morgan M. Moulder
Morgan M. Moulder
Morgan Moore Moulder was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Linn Creek, Missouri, Moulder attended the public schools of Linn Creek and Lebanon, Missouri, and the University of Missouri....

 
Democratic 1949-1953 Redistricting
Morgan M. Moulder
Morgan M. Moulder
Morgan Moore Moulder was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Linn Creek, Missouri, Moulder attended the public schools of Linn Creek and Lebanon, Missouri, and the University of Missouri....

 
Democratic 1953-1963 Retired
Norman Adolphus Mozley
Norman Adolphus Mozley
Norman Adolphus Mozley was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm in Johnson County, Illinois, Mozley attended the common schools.He moved to Stoddard County, Missouri, in 1887 and taught school.He studied law....

 
Republican 1895-1897 Retired
Arthur P. Murphy
Arthur P. Murphy
Arthur Phillips Murphy was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Hancock, Missouri, Murphy attended the public schools of Pulaski County and the School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla, Missouri....

 
Republican 1905-1907 Lost re-election
Arthur P. Murphy
Arthur P. Murphy
Arthur Phillips Murphy was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Hancock, Missouri, Murphy attended the public schools of Pulaski County and the School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla, Missouri....

 
Republican 1909-1911 Lost re-election
William L. Nelson
William L. Nelson
William Lester Nelson was an American farmer and politician from Columbia, Missouri. He represented Missouri as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives for several terms: 1919-1921, 1925–1933 and 1935-1943. He is buried at the Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri.-External...

 
Democratic 1919-1921 Lost re-election
William L. Nelson
William L. Nelson
William Lester Nelson was an American farmer and politician from Columbia, Missouri. He represented Missouri as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives for several terms: 1919-1921, 1925–1933 and 1935-1943. He is buried at the Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri.-External...

 
Democratic 1925-1933 Redistricting; lost primary
William L. Nelson
William L. Nelson
William Lester Nelson was an American farmer and politician from Columbia, Missouri. He represented Missouri as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives for several terms: 1919-1921, 1925–1933 and 1935-1943. He is buried at the Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri.-External...

 
Democratic 1935-1943 Redistricting; lost re-election
Carman A. Newcomb
Carman A. Newcomb
Carman Adam Newcomb was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, judge and marshal from Iowa and Missouri.-Biography:...

 
Republican 1867-1869 Retired; later U.S. Marshal for eastern district of Missouri (1869-1875)
Cleveland A. Newton
Cleveland A. Newton
Cleveland Alexander Newton was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Wright County, Missouri, Newton attended the common schools and Drury College at Springfield, Missouri....

 
Republican 1919-1927 Retired
Frederick G. Niedringhaus
Frederick G. Niedringhaus
Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, uncle of Henry Frederick Niedringhaus.Born in Lübbecke, Westphalia, North Germany, Niedringhaus attended the common schools....

 
Republican 1889-1891 Retired; uncle of Henry F. Niedringhaus
Henry F. Niedringhaus
Henry F. Niedringhaus
Henry Frederick Niedringhaus was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus....

 
Republican 1927-1933 Lost re-election; nephew of Frederick G. Niedringhaus
John William Noell
John William Noell
John William Noell was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, father of Thomas Estes Noell.Born in Bedford County, Virginia, Noell attended the rural schools....

 
Democratic 1859-1863 Redistricting; changed parties; father of Thomas E. Noell
John William Noell
John William Noell
John William Noell was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, father of Thomas Estes Noell.Born in Bedford County, Virginia, Noell attended the rural schools....

 
Unionist 1863 Died; father of Thomas E. Noell (who also died in office)
Thomas E. Noell
Thomas E. Noell
Thomas Estes Noell was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, son of John William Noell.Born in Perryville, Missouri, Noell attended the public schools.He studied law....

 
Republican 1865-1867 Changed parties; son of John William Noell
Thomas E. Noell
Thomas E. Noell
Thomas Estes Noell was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, son of John William Noell.Born in Perryville, Missouri, Noell attended the public schools.He studied law....

 
Democratic 1867 Died; son of John William Noell (who also died in office)
Elijah Hise Norton
Elijah Hise Norton
-Biography:He was born in Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, November 21, 1821 and attended the public schools and Centre College, Danville, Kentucky He graduated from the law department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1842 and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice...

 
Democratic 1861-1863 Lost re-election; later, judge for Missouri Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
The Supreme Court of Missouri is the highest court in the state of Missouri. It was established in 1820, and is located in Jefferson City, Missouri. Missouri voters have approved changes in the state's constitution to give the Supreme Court exclusive jurisdiction- the sole legal power to hear -...

 (1877-1888)
Richard Henry Norton
Richard Henry Norton
Richard Henry Norton was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Troy, Missouri, Norton attended the common schools and the St. Louis University, where he took a classical course....

 
Democratic 1889-1893 Lost re-election
Mordecai Oliver
Mordecai Oliver
Mordecai Oliver was an attorney and two-term U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Anderson County, Kentucky, Oliver attended the common schools and then studied law....

 
Whig 1853-1855 Changed parties
Mordecai Oliver
Mordecai Oliver
Mordecai Oliver was an attorney and two-term U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Anderson County, Kentucky, Oliver attended the common schools and then studied law....

 
Opposition 1855-1857
John Joseph O'Neill  Democratic 1883-1889 Chairman of Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (1885-1887); Chairman of Committee on Labor
United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce
The Committee on Education and the Workforce is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. From 1947 until 1994 and again from 2007 to 2011, during Democratic control of the House, it was known as the Committee on Education and Labor.-History of the Committee:Attempts were...

 (1885-1889); lost re-election
John Joseph O'Neill  Democratic 1891-1893 Redistricting; lost re-election
John Joseph O'Neill  Democratic 1894-1895 Contested election, seated; retired
John William Palmer
John William Palmer
John William Palmer was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near Macks Creek, Missouri, Palmer attended the local schools.He taught school in Hickory County, Missouri....

 
Republican 1929-1931 Lost re-election
Isaac Parker
Isaac Parker
Isaac Charles Parker served as a U.S. District Judge presiding over the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas for 21 years and also one-time politician. He served in that capacity during the most dangerous time for law enforcement during the western expansion...

 
Republican 1871-1875 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost); later, judge for U.S. District Court for Western Arkansas
United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
The United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas is a United States District Court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Ashley, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Clarke, Columbia, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Springs, Howard,...

 (1875-1896d)
Roscoe C. Patterson
Roscoe C. Patterson
Roscoe Conkling Patterson was a United States Representative and Senator from Missouri.Born in Springfield, Missouri, he attended public and private schools, Drury College, and the University of Missouri in Columbia. He graduated from the law department of Washington University Roscoe Conkling...

 
Republican 1919-1923 Lost re-election; later, district attorney for U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri is the federal judicial district encompassing 66 counties in the western half of the State of Missouri...

 (1925-1929) and U.S. Senator (1929-1935)
Charles Edward Pearce
Charles Edward Pearce
Charles Edward Pearce was a United States Congressman from Missouri. He was born in Whitesboro, Oneida County, New York. He attended Fairfield Seminary and graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York in 1863, where he been a member of The Kappa Alpha Society...

 
Republican 1897-1901 Retired
Spencer Darwin Pettis
Spencer Darwin Pettis
Spencer Darwin Pettis , U.S. Representative from Missouri. The fierce campaign of 1830 led to a quarrel over the United States Bank issue with Major Thomas Biddle. The quarrel escalated into a duel in which both men were killed on Bloody Island near St...

 
Jacksonian
Jacksonian democracy
Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters. Jackson's policies followed the era of Jeffersonian democracy which dominated the previous political era. The Democratic-Republican Party of...

 
1829-1831 Died during second term; namesake of Pettis County, Missouri
Pettis County, Missouri
Pettis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. The county was organized in 1833 and is named for U.S. Congressman Spencer Darwin Pettis. As of 2000, the population was 39,403...

John S. Phelps
John S. Phelps
John Smith Phelps was a politician, soldier during the American Civil War, and the 23rd Governor of Missouri.-Early life and career:...

 
Democratic 1845-1847 Redistricting
John S. Phelps
John S. Phelps
John Smith Phelps was a politician, soldier during the American Civil War, and the 23rd Governor of Missouri.-Early life and career:...

 
Democratic 1847-1853 Redistricting
John S. Phelps
John S. Phelps
John Smith Phelps was a politician, soldier during the American Civil War, and the 23rd Governor of Missouri.-Early life and career:...

 
Democratic 1853-1863 Chairman of Committee on Ways and Means
United States House Committee on Ways and Means
The Committee of Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives. Members of the Ways and Means Committee are not allowed to serve on any other House Committees unless they apply for a waiver from their party's congressional leadership...

 (1857-1859); retired, having enlisted during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

; later, 23rd Governor of Missouri (1877-1881)
John Finis Philips
John Finis Philips
John Finis Philips was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Thralls Prairie, Missouri, Philips attended the common schools, the University of Missouri, and was graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1855.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced...

 
Democratic 1875-1877
John Finis Philips
John Finis Philips
John Finis Philips was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Thralls Prairie, Missouri, Philips attended the common schools, the University of Missouri, and was graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1855.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced...

 
Democratic 1880-1881 Lost re-election; later, Commissioner of Missouri Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
The Supreme Court of Missouri is the highest court in the state of Missouri. It was established in 1820, and is located in Jefferson City, Missouri. Missouri voters have approved changes in the state's constitution to give the Supreme Court exclusive jurisdiction- the sole legal power to hear -...

 (1883-1885), judge for Kansas City Court of Appeals 1885-1888, judge for U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri is the federal judicial district encompassing 66 counties in the western half of the State of Missouri...

 (1888-1910)
William A. Pile
William A. Pile
William Anderson Pile was a nineteenth century politician and minister from Missouri, as well as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1869 to 1871. William was one half Native American , most likely Choctaw...

 
Republican 1867-1869 Chairman of Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (1867-1869); lost re-election; later, 8th Governor of New Mexico Territory (1869-1870)
Walter C. Ploeser
Walter C. Ploeser
Walter Christian Ploeser was a U.S. Representative from Missouri and United States Ambassador to Paraguay and Costa Rica....

 
Republican 1941-1949 Chairman of Select Committee on Small Business
United States House Committee on Small Business
The United States House Committee on Small Business is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.-History:On December 4, 1941, the U. S...

 (1947-1949); lost re-election
Henry Moses Pollard
Henry Moses Pollard
Henry Moses Pollard was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Plymouth, Vermont, Pollard attended the common schools. He graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1857. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1861...

 
Republican 1877-1879 Lost re-election
Gilchrist Porter
Gilchrist Porter
Gilchrist Porter was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Windsor, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Porter received a limited schooling.He studied law....

 
Whig 1851-1853 Redistricting; lost re-election
Gilchrist Porter
Gilchrist Porter
Gilchrist Porter was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Windsor, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Porter received a limited schooling.He studied law....

 
Whig 1855-1857 Chairman of Committee on Private Land Claims
United States Court of Private Land Claims
The United States Court of Private Land Claims , was a United States court created to decide land claims guaranteed by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, and in the states of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming.-Origins:During Spanish and Mexican rule...

 (1855-1857); later judge for circuit court (1866-1880)
Sterling Price
Sterling Price
Sterling Price was a lawyer, planter, and politician from the U.S. state of Missouri, who served as the 11th Governor of the state from 1853 to 1857. He also served as a United States Army brigadier general during the Mexican-American War, and a Confederate Army major general in the American Civil...

 
Democratic 1845-1846 Resigned for the Mexican–American War
Mexican–American War
The Mexican–American War, also known as the First American Intervention, the Mexican War, or the U.S.–Mexican War, was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S...

; later, 11th Governor of Missouri (1853-1857) and Confederate
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

 Major General
Thomas Lawson Price
Thomas Lawson Price
Thomas Lawson Price was a United States Representative from Missouri.Born near Danville, Virginia, Price attended public schools. He moved to Missouri in 1831 and settled in Jefferson City. He conducted stage lines and engaged in manufacturing and mercantile pursuits. He was the first mayor of...

 
Democratic 1862-1863 Previously, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (1848-1853); lost re-election
William J. Randall
William J. Randall
William J. Randall was a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He was a member of the Democratic Party from Missouri....

 
Democratic 1959-1977 1st Chairman of Committee on Aging
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Aging
The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Aging was a permanent select committee of the United States House of Representatives between 1974 and 1992....

 (1975-1977); retired
John Henry Raney
John Henry Raney
John Henry Raney was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Gravelton, Missouri, Raney attended Union School, Des Arc, Missouri, and Woods School, Virginia Settlement, Missouri....

 
Republican 1895-1897 (possibly 15th); lost re-election
David Rea
David Rea
David Rea was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near New Marion, Indiana, Rea attended the common schools.He moved to Missouri with his parents, who settled in Andrew County in 1842....

 
Democratic 1875-1879 Lost re-election
Albert L. Reeves, Jr.
Albert L. Reeves, Jr.
Albert Lee Reeves, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Steelville, Missouri, Reeves attended the public schools of Kansas City, Missouri.He graduated from William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, in 1927....

 
Republican 1947-1949 Lost re-election
John William Reid
John William Reid
John William Reid was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Biography:Born near Lynchburg, Virginia, Reid attended the common schools.In 1840, Reid moved to Missouri, where he taught school and studied law....

 
Democratic 1861 Expelled for taking up arms against the Union
James Hugh Relfe
James Hugh Relfe
James Hugh Relfe was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Virginia, Relfe moved to Washington County, Missouri, about 1816 with his father, who settled in Caledonia.He received a limited schooling....

 
Democratic 1843-1847 Previously U.S. Marshal for the district of Missouri (1841)
Marion E. Rhodes
Marion E. Rhodes
Marion Edwards Rhodes was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near Glen Allen, Missouri, Rhodes attended the public schools and Will Mayfield College....

 
Republican 1905-1907 Lost re-election
Marion E. Rhodes
Marion E. Rhodes
Marion Edwards Rhodes was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near Glen Allen, Missouri, Rhodes attended the public schools and Will Mayfield College....

 
Republican 1919-1923 Chairman of Committee on Mines and Mining
United States House Committee on Mines and Mining
The United States House Committee on Mines and Mining is a defunct a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.The Committee on Mines and Mining was created on December 19, 1865, for consideration of subjects relating to mining interests...

 (1921-1923); lost re-election
Theron Moses Rice
Theron Moses Rice
Theron Moses Rice was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Mecca, Ohio, Rice attended the academy in Chester, Ohio.He taught in the district school during the winter months.He studied law....

 
Greenback 1881-1883 Retired
Sidney C. Roach
Sidney C. Roach
Sidney Crain Roach was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born at Linn Creek, Missouri, Roach attended the public schools and the St. Louis Law School in St...

 
Republican 1921-1925 Chairman of Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department (1923-1925); lost re-election
Edward Robb
Edward Robb
Edward Robb was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Brazeau, Missouri, Robb attended the common schools, Brazeau Academy, Fruitland Normal Institute, and the University of Missouri in Columbia....

 
Democratic 1897-1905 Lost re-election
James S. Rollins
James S. Rollins
James Sidney Rollins was a nineteenth century Missouri politician and lawyer. He helped establish the University of Missouri, led the successful effort to get it located in Boone County, and gained funding for the University with the passage of a series of acts in the Missouri Legislature...

 
Constitutional Unionist 1861-1863 Redistricting
James S. Rollins
James S. Rollins
James Sidney Rollins was a nineteenth century Missouri politician and lawyer. He helped establish the University of Missouri, led the successful effort to get it located in Boone County, and gained funding for the University with the passage of a series of acts in the Missouri Legislature...

 
Unionist 1863-1865
Milton A. Romjue
Milton A. Romjue
Milton Andrew Romjue was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Personal life and education:Congressman Romjue was born to Andrew Jackson Romjue & Susan E. Romjue on December 5, 1874 near Love Lake, Macon County, Missouri...

 
Democratic 1917-1921 Lost re-election
Milton A. Romjue
Milton A. Romjue
Milton Andrew Romjue was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Personal life and education:Congressman Romjue was born to Andrew Jackson Romjue & Susan E. Romjue on December 5, 1874 near Love Lake, Macon County, Missouri...

 
Democratic 1923-1933 Redistricting
Milton A. Romjue
Milton A. Romjue
Milton Andrew Romjue was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Personal life and education:Congressman Romjue was born to Andrew Jackson Romjue & Susan E. Romjue on December 5, 1874 near Love Lake, Macon County, Missouri...

 
Democratic 1933-1935 Redistricting
Milton A. Romjue
Milton A. Romjue
Milton Andrew Romjue was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Personal life and education:Congressman Romjue was born to Andrew Jackson Romjue & Susan E. Romjue on December 5, 1874 near Love Lake, Macon County, Missouri...

 
Democratic 1935-1943 Chairman of Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (1939-1943); lost re-election
Gideon Frank Rothwell
Gideon Frank Rothwell
Gideon Frank Rothwell was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Fulton, Missouri, Rothwell was graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia.He studied law....

 
Democratic 1879-1881 Lost primary
Thomas L. Rubey
Thomas L. Rubey
Thomas Lewis Rubey was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Lebanon, Missouri, Rubey attended the common schools. He graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri in 1885 and served as Superintendent of schools of Lebanon from 1886 to 1891...

 
Democratic 1911-1921 Previously 25th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (1903-1905); lost re-election
Thomas L. Rubey
Thomas L. Rubey
Thomas Lewis Rubey was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Lebanon, Missouri, Rubey attended the common schools. He graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri in 1885 and served as Superintendent of schools of Lebanon from 1886 to 1891...

 
Democratic 1923-1928 Died
William W. Rucker
William W. Rucker
William Waller Rucker was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Covington, Virginia, Rucker moved with his parents to western Virginia in 1861.He attended the common schools....

 
Democratic 1899-1923 Chairman of Committee on Election of the President, Vice President, and Representatives
United States House Committee on Elections
The United States House Committee on Elections is a former standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.Article 1, section 5, of the Constitution of the United States specifies: "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns, and Qualifications of its own Members." The...

 (1911-1919); lost re-election
James Edward Ruffin
James Edward Ruffin
James Edward Ruffin was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near Covington, Tennessee, Ruffin moved to Aurora, Missouri with his parents....

 
Democratic 1933-1935 Redistricting; lost re-election
Joseph J. Russell
Joseph J. Russell
Joseph James Russell was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri, Russell attended the public schools and Charleston Academy....

 
Democratic 1907-1909 Lost re-election
Joseph J. Russell
Joseph J. Russell
Joseph James Russell was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri, Russell attended the public schools and Charleston Academy....

 
Democratic 1911-1919 Retired
Samuel Locke Sawyer
Samuel Locke Sawyer
Samuel Locke Sawyer was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, Sawyer was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1833. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Amherst, New Hampshire, in 1836...

 
Democratic 1879-1881 Retired
Max Schwabe
Max Schwabe
Max Schwabe was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, brother of George Blaine Schwabe.Born in Columbia, Missouri, Schwabe attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.Insurance agent.Farmer....

 
Republican 1943-1949 Lost re-election
John Scott
John Scott (Missouri politician)
John Scott was a Delegate and a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Hanover County, Virginia, Scott moved with his parents to Indiana Territory in 1802.He was graduated from Princeton College in 1805.He studied law....

 
Delegate Territory
Missouri Territory
The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812 until August 10, 1821, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Missouri.-History:...

 
1816-1817
John Scott
John Scott (Missouri politician)
John Scott was a Delegate and a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Hanover County, Virginia, Scott moved with his parents to Indiana Territory in 1802.He was graduated from Princeton College in 1805.He studied law....

 
Delegate Territory
Missouri Territory
The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812 until August 10, 1821, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Missouri.-History:...

 
1817-1821
John Scott
John Scott (Missouri politician)
John Scott was a Delegate and a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Hanover County, Virginia, Scott moved with his parents to Indiana Territory in 1802.He was graduated from Princeton College in 1805.He studied law....

 
Democratic-Republican  1821-1823
John Scott
John Scott (Missouri politician)
John Scott was a Delegate and a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Hanover County, Virginia, Scott moved with his parents to Indiana Territory in 1802.He was graduated from Princeton College in 1805.He studied law....

 
Democratic-Republican  1823-1825
John Scott
John Scott (Missouri politician)
John Scott was a Delegate and a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Hanover County, Virginia, Scott moved with his parents to Indiana Territory in 1802.He was graduated from Princeton College in 1805.He studied law....

 
Adams  1825-1827 Chairman of Committee on Public Lands (1825-1827); lost re-election
John Guier Scott
John Guier Scott
John Guier Scott was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Scott completed preparatory studies.He was graduated from Bethlehem Academy, Pennsylvania, in civil engineering....

 
Democratic 1863-1865
Gustavus Sessinghaus
Gustavus Sessinghaus
Gustavus Sessinghaus was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Koela, Prussia, Sessinghaus pursued preparatory studies.Immigrated to the United States and settled in St...

 
Republican 1883 Contested election, seated (served 2 days); redistricting; lost re-election
Dorsey W. Shackleford
Dorsey W. Shackleford
Dorsey William Shackleford was a United States Representative from Missouri.Born near Sweet Springs, Missouri, Shackleford attended public schools and William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri.He taught school 1877-1879....

 
Democratic 1899-1919 Chairman of Committee on Roads (1913-1919); lost primary
Joe Shannon
Joe Shannon
For the Major League Baseball player of the same name, see Joe Shannon .Joseph Bernard Shannon was a Democratic political boss in Kansas City, Missouri that was a rival to the more dominant Pendergast political machine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Shannon was born in St...

 
Democratic 1931-1933 Redistricting
Joe Shannon
Joe Shannon
For the Major League Baseball player of the same name, see Joe Shannon .Joseph Bernard Shannon was a Democratic political boss in Kansas City, Missouri that was a rival to the more dominant Pendergast political machine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Shannon was born in St...

 
Democratic 1933-1935 Redistricting
Joe Shannon
Joe Shannon
For the Major League Baseball player of the same name, see Joe Shannon .Joseph Bernard Shannon was a Democratic political boss in Kansas City, Missouri that was a rival to the more dominant Pendergast political machine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Shannon was born in St...

 
Democratic 1935-1943 Retired
Cassius M. Shartel
Cassius M. Shartel
Cassius McLean Shartel was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Shartel moved with his parents to Knox County, Missouri, and resided there until 1873....

 
Republican 1905-1907 Retired
Samuel A. Shelton
Samuel A. Shelton
Samuel Azariah Shelton was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Waterloo, Alabama, Shelton moved with his widowed mother to Webster County, Missouri, in 1869....

 
Republican 1921-1923 Retired
Dewey Jackson Short
Dewey Jackson Short
Dewey Jackson Short was a Republican U.S. Representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district for 12 terms and a staunch opponent of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal.-Early life:...

 
Republican 1929-1931 Lost re-election
Dewey Jackson Short
Dewey Jackson Short
Dewey Jackson Short was a Republican U.S. Representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district for 12 terms and a staunch opponent of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal.-Early life:...

 
Republican 1935-1957 Chairman of House Armed Services Committee
United States House Committee on Armed Services
thumb|United States House Committee on Armed Services emblemThe U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives...

 (1953-1955); lost general
Leonard Henly Sims
Leonard Henly Sims
Leonard Henley Sims was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Burke County, North Carolina, Sims received a limited schooling.He moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee, in 1830 and engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 
Democratic 1845-1847
Ike Skelton
Ike Skelton
Isaac Newton "Ike" Skelton IV is the former U.S. Representative for . During his tenure, he has served as the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He is a member for the Democratic Party...

 
Democratic 1977-2011 Lexington
Lexington, Missouri
Lexington is a city in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,453 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lafayette County. Located in western Missouri, Lexington lies about 40 miles east of Kansas City and is part of the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area...

 
Chairman of Armed Services Committee
United States House Committee on Armed Services
thumb|United States House Committee on Armed Services emblemThe U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives...

 (2007-2011); lost general
Roger C. Slaughter
Roger C. Slaughter
Roger Caldwell Slaughter was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Odessa, Missouri, Slaughter attended the public schools at Independence, Missouri....

 
Democratic 1943-1947 Lost primary
Madison Roswell Smith  Democratic 1907-1909 Lost re-election
Edwin O. Stanard
Edwin O. Stanard
Edwin Obed Stanard was a nineteenth century politician, businessman and teacher from Missouri.Born in Newport, New Hampshire, Stanard moved to Iowa Territory with his parents in 1836, completed preparatory studies and moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1853. He taught school in Illinois in 1854 and...

 
Republican 1873-1875 Previously, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (1869-1871); lost re-election
William Henry Stone
William Henry Stone
William Henry Stone was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Shawangunk, New York, Stone attended the common schools.He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1848 and engaged in the manufacture of iron....

 
Democratic 1873-1877 Chairman of Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (1875-1877), Chairman of Committee on Manufactures (1875-1877); retired
William Joel Stone  Democratic 1885-1891 Chairman of Committee on War Claims (1887-1889); retired; later, 28th Governor of Missouri (1893-1897) and U.S. Senator (1903-1918d)
John Hubler Stover
John Hubler Stover
John Hubler Stover was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania, Stover completed preparatory studies at Bellefonte Academy.He studied law....

 
Republican 1868-1869 Retired
John B. Sullivan
John B. Sullivan
John Berchmans Sullivan was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. He was a Democrat. He was married to Leonor Kretzer Sullivan....

 
Democratic 1941-1943 Lost re-election; husband of Leonor Sullivan
John B. Sullivan
John B. Sullivan
John Berchmans Sullivan was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. He was a Democrat. He was married to Leonor Kretzer Sullivan....

 
Democratic 1945-1947 Lost re-election; husband of Leonor Sullivan
John B. Sullivan
John B. Sullivan
John Berchmans Sullivan was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. He was a Democrat. He was married to Leonor Kretzer Sullivan....

 
Democratic 1951 Died; husband of Leonor Sullivan
Leonor Sullivan
Leonor Sullivan
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. She was a Democrat and the first woman in Congress from Missouri....

 
Democratic 1953-1977 Chairwoman of Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (1973-1977); widow of John B. Sullivan; retired
James W. Symington
James W. Symington
James Wadsworth Symington is a United States attorney and politician who served as four-term U.S. representative representing Missouri.-Youth, family, and education:...

 
Democratic 1969-1977 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost primary)
Jim Talent
Jim Talent
James Matthes "Jim" Talent is an American politician and former senator from Missouri. He is a Republican and resided in the St. Louis area while serving in elected office. He identifies with the conservative wing of the Republican party, being particularly outspoken on judicial appointments,...

 
Republican 1993-2001 Chairman of Committee on Small Business
United States House Committee on Small Business
The United States House Committee on Small Business is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.-History:On December 4, 1941, the U. S...

 (1997-2001); ran for governor (lost); later, U.S. Senator (2002-2007)
Gene Taylor  Republican 1973-1989 Retired
John Charles Tarsney
John Charles Tarsney
John Charles Tarsney was a politician from the U.S. state of Missouri.One of Tarsney's most long lasting contributions was the "Tarsney Act" which permitted private architects to design federal buildings after being selected in a competition under the supervision of Supervising Architect of the...

 
Democratic 1889-1896 Chairman of Committee on Labor
United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce
The Committee on Education and the Workforce is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. From 1947 until 1994 and again from 2007 to 2011, during Democratic control of the House, it was known as the Committee on Education and Labor.-History of the Committee:Attempts were...

 (1891-1893); election contested, unseated
John Plank Tracey
John Plank Tracey
John Plank Tracey was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Wayne County, Ohio, Tracey attended the public schools of Ohio and Indiana.He studied law.He taught school.He moved to Missouri in 1858....

 
Republican 1895-1897 Lost re-election
William M. Treloar
William M. Treloar
William Mitchellson Treloar was an American music professor, composer, music publisher, and U.S. Representative from Missouri....

 
Republican 1895-1897 Lost re-election
William T. Tyndall
William T. Tyndall
William Thomas Tyndall was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Sparta, Missouri, Tyndall attended the public schools, Henderson Academy at Sparta, and Sparta Academy.He engaged in teaching at Sparta 1884-1895....

 
Republican 1905-1907 Lost re-election
Robert T. Van Horn
Robert T. Van Horn
Robert Thompson Van Horn was a lawyer, the owner and publisher of the The Kansas City Enterprise, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri during the parts of the Civil War, member of the Missouri General Assembly, and representative to the Forty-seventh Congress of the United States.Born in East Mahoning...

 
Republican 1865-1871 Retired
Robert T. Van Horn
Robert T. Van Horn
Robert Thompson Van Horn was a lawyer, the owner and publisher of the The Kansas City Enterprise, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri during the parts of the Civil War, member of the Missouri General Assembly, and representative to the Forty-seventh Congress of the United States.Born in East Mahoning...

 
Republican 1881-1883
Robert T. Van Horn
Robert T. Van Horn
Robert Thompson Van Horn was a lawyer, the owner and publisher of the The Kansas City Enterprise, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri during the parts of the Civil War, member of the Missouri General Assembly, and representative to the Forty-seventh Congress of the United States.Born in East Mahoning...

 
Republican 1896-1897 Contested election, seated; lost primary
Willard Duncan Vandiver
Willard Duncan Vandiver
Willard Duncan Vandiver was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Missouri. He is popularly credited with the authorship of the famous expression: "I'm from Missouri, you've got to show me," which led to the state's famous nickname: "The Show Me State"...

 
Democratic 1897-1905 Retired
Harold Volkmer
Harold Volkmer
Harold Lee Volkmer was an American politician from Missouri. He was a Democrat who served 20 years in the United States House of Representatives.-Early life and career:...

 
Democratic 1977-1997 Lost general
James Richard Waddill
James Richard Waddill
James Richard Waddill was a Democrat Representative representing Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1881....

 
Democratic 1879-1881 Retired
William H. Wade
William H. Wade
William Henry Wade was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Springfield, Ohio, Wade attended the common schools, Grove Academy, and Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 
Republican 1885-1891 Chairman of Committee on Labor
United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce
The Committee on Education and the Workforce is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. From 1947 until 1994 and again from 2007 to 2011, during Democratic control of the House, it was known as the Committee on Education and Labor.-History of the Committee:Attempts were...

 (1889-1891); lost re-election
George Chester Robinson Wagoner
George Chester Robinson Wagoner
George Chester Robinson Wagoner was a U.S. Representative from Missouri who served one week.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wagoner attended the public schools and Beaumont Hospital Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri. He served as president of the Wagoner Undertaking Co. and secretary and treasurer...

 
Republican 1903 Contested election, seated (served 6 days)
James P. Walker
James P. Walker
James Peter Walker was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Memphis, Tennessee, Walker attended the public schools and the boys' college at Durhamville, Tennessee....

 
Democratic 1887-1890 Died; had just been nominated to another term
William Warner
William Warner (Missouri)
William Warner was an American lawyer and politician from Kansas City, Missouri. He represented Missouri in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was mayor of Kansas City in 1871-72....

 
Republican 1885-1889 Retired; later, district attorney for U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri is the federal judicial district encompassing 66 counties in the western half of the State of Missouri...

 (1882-1884), (1898), & (1902-1905); U.S. Senator (1905-1911)
John Welborn
John Welborn (representative)
John Welborn was an American politician who represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives from 1905-1907....

 
Republican 1905-1907 Lost re-election
Phil J. Welch
Phil J. Welch
Philip James Welch was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, Welch was educated in the public schools.He engaged in the furniture business 1916-1931.Treasurer of city of St...

 
Democratic 1949-1953 Ran for governor (lost)
Erastus Wells
Erastus Wells
Erastus Wells was a nineteenth century politician and businessman from Missouri. He was the father of St. Louis Mayor Rolla Wells....

 
Democratic 1869-1873 Redistricting
Erastus Wells
Erastus Wells
Erastus Wells was a nineteenth century politician and businessman from Missouri. He was the father of St. Louis Mayor Rolla Wells....

 
Democratic 1873-1877 Lost re-election
Erastus Wells
Erastus Wells
Erastus Wells was a nineteenth century politician and businessman from Missouri. He was the father of St. Louis Mayor Rolla Wells....

 
Democratic 1879-1881 Retired
Alan Wheat
Alan Wheat
Alan Dupree Wheat is an American politician from the state of Missouri.-Early life:Wheat graduated from Grinnell College in 1972 and served in the Missouri General Assembly from 1977 to 1982...

 
Democratic 1983-1995 Ran for U.S. Senate (lost general)
United States Senate election in Missouri, 1994
The 1994 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 3, 1994. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Danforth decided to retire and not seek re-election. Former Governor of Missouri John Ashcroft won the open seat in a landslide.-Results:...

Robert Henry Whitelaw
Robert Henry Whitelaw
Robert Henry Whitelaw was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near Lloyds, Virginia, Whitelaw moved with his father to Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, in 1856.He returned to Essex County, Virginia, in 1866....

 
Democratic 1890-1891 Retired
Clyde Williams  Democratic 1927-1929 Lost re-election
Clyde Williams  Democratic 1931-1933 Redistricting
Clyde Williams  Democratic 1933-1935 Redistricting
Clyde Williams  Democratic 1935-1943 Lost re-election
Robert Patterson Clark Wilson
Robert Patterson Clark Wilson
Robert Patterson Clark Wilson was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Boonville, Missouri, Wilson moved with his parents to Platte County....

 
Democratic 1889-1893 Chairman of Committee on Pensions (1891-1893)
J. Scott Wolff
J. Scott Wolff
Joseph Scott Wolff was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm in Westmoreland County near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Wolff attended the public schools....

 
Democratic 1923-1925 Lost re-election
Ernest E. Wood
Ernest E. Wood
Ernest Edward Wood was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Chico, California, Wood attended the public schools and was graduated from the Stockton High School in 1892. He was appointed as a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1893 and remained two years...

 
Democratic 1905-1906 Election contested, unseated
Reuben T. Wood
Reuben T. Wood
Reuben Terrell Wood was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1941....

 
Democratic 1933-1941 Chairman of Committee on War Claims (1939-1941); lost re-election
Samuel H. Woodson
Samuel H. Woodson (Missouri)
Samuel Hughes Woodson was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, son of Samuel Hughes Woodson .Born near Nicholasville, Kentucky, Woodson attended the public schools....

 
Know-nothing 1857-1861 Retired; later, judge for Missouri 24th Judicial Circuit Court
Missouri Circuit Courts
The Missouri Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of original jurisdiction and general jurisdiction of the state of Missouri.-Jurisdiction:The Missouri Constitution provides for the Circuit Courts in Article V, Judicial Department.-List of circuits:...

 (1875-1881d)
Robert A. Young
Robert A. Young
Robert A. Young III was a Democratic politician from the state of Missouri who served five terms in the US House of Representatives.-Education and family background:...

 
Democratic 1977-1987 Lost general
Orville Zimmerman
Orville Zimmerman
Orville Zimmerman was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born on a farm near Glenallen, Missouri. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Missouri and served from January 3, 1935 until his death in Washington, D.C.-References:* at Find-A-Grave...

Democratic 1935-1948 Died
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