Gustavus Sessinghaus was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 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 in Koela, Prussia, Sessinghaus pursued preparatory studies.
Immigrated to the United States and settled in St. Louis, Missouri.
During the Civil War

American Civil War

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 served as a private in Company A, Fifth Regiment, United States Reserve Corps, Missouri Volunteer Infantry.
He served as member of the school board 1878-1880.
He successfully contested as a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 the election of Richard G. Frost to the Forty-seventh Congress and served two days only, (March 2, 1883-March 3, 1883).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.
He engaged in the milling business.
He died in St. Louis, Missouri, November 16, 1887.
He was interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

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