Missouri's 16th congressional district

The 16th Congressional District of Missouri was a congressional district

Congressional district

A congressional district is “a geographical division of a state from which one member of the House of Representatives is elected.”Congressional Districts are made up of three main components, a representative, constituents, and the specific land area that both the representative and the...

for the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

in 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...

from 1903 to 1933.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Notes
District created		March 4, 1903
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 Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
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 Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
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 Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909
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 Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
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 Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1921
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 Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
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 Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	March 4, 1923 – November 2, 1928	Died
Vacant		November 2, 1928 – March 3, 1929
Rowland L. 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 Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931
William E. 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 Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933
District eliminated		March 4, 1933

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