Frederick Essen
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Frederick Essen was a U.S. Representative
from Missouri
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Born near Pond, St. Louis County, Missouri, Essen attended the public schools.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Recorder of deeds of St. Louis County 1894-1902.
He engaged in newspaper business at Clayton, Missouri
, becoming the owner of two papers which he combined under the name of the Watchman-Advocate.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1904, 1908, and 1912.
He served as member of the board of education of Clayton and served as president 1909-1919.
Essen was elected as a Republican
to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jacob E. Meeker and served from November 5, 1918, until March 3, 1919.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1918.
He resumed newspaper activities.
He was also interested in banking.
He died in Creve Coeur, Missouri
, August 18, 1946.
He was interred in Bethel Cemetery, Pond, Missouri.
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...
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...
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Born near Pond, St. Louis County, Missouri, Essen attended the public schools.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Recorder of deeds of St. Louis County 1894-1902.
He engaged in newspaper business at Clayton, Missouri
Clayton, Missouri
Clayton is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis and the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri. The population was 15,939 at the 2010 census. The city was organized in 1877 and is named after Ralph Clayton, who donated the land for the courthouse.-Geography:...
, becoming the owner of two papers which he combined under the name of the Watchman-Advocate.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1904, 1908, and 1912.
He served as member of the board of education of Clayton and served as president 1909-1919.
Essen was elected as a 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...
to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jacob E. Meeker and served from November 5, 1918, until March 3, 1919.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1918.
He resumed newspaper activities.
He was also interested in banking.
He died in Creve Coeur, Missouri
Creve Coeur, Missouri
Creve Coeur, derived from French for "heartbreak" , is a second-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in west St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The city derives its name from Creve Coeur Lake, which is shaped like a broken heart. The population was 17,833 at the 2010 census...
, August 18, 1946.
He was interred in Bethel Cemetery, Pond, Missouri.