Ira Sherwin Hazeltine was a Greenback

United States Greenback Party

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 Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 representing Missouri's 6th congressional district

Missouri's 6th congressional district

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 from March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883.

Hazeltine was born in Andover, Vermont

Andover, Vermont

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 in Windsor County, Vermont. He moved to Richland Center, Wisconsin

Richland Center, Wisconsin

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 in 1842. He taught school in Natchez, Mississippi

Natchez, Mississippi

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 and was admitted to the bar in 1842 where he practiced in Richland Center. He was delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860; member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly

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 1867-1869. He moved to a farm near Springfield, Missouri

Springfield, Missouri

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in 1870 and was elected to Congress in 1880 but lost re-election in 1882. He is buried in Hazelwood Cemetery in Springfield.