Jacob Edwin Meeker
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Jacob Edwin Meeker was a U.S. Representative
from Missouri
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Born near Attica, Indiana
, Meeker attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Union Christian College, Merom, Indiana
, in 1900, and from Oberlin (Ohio) Theological Seminary in 1904.
While a student at Union Christian College he became pastor of a rural church in Vermilion County, Illinois
.
He was ordained as a minister in 1901 and assumed his duties in Vermilion County, Illinois
.
Missionary at Eldon, Missouri
, for the Congregational Church in 1904.
He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1906 to take charge of the Compton Hill Congregational Church.
He resigned in 1912.
He studied law at Benton College of Law and was admitted to the bar in 1914.
Meeker was elected as a Republican
to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his death from Spanish flu in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 16, 1918.
He was interred in Union Cemetery, Attica, Indiana
.
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 Attica, Indiana
Attica, Indiana
Attica is a city in Logan Township, Fountain County, Indiana, United States. The population was 3,245 at the 2010 census.-History:Attica was laid out by George Hollingsworth and platted by David Stump on March 19, 1825...
, Meeker attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Union Christian College, Merom, Indiana
Merom, Indiana
Merom is a town in Gill Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, United States. The population was 294 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, in 1900, and from Oberlin (Ohio) Theological Seminary in 1904.
While a student at Union Christian College he became pastor of a rural church in Vermilion County, Illinois
Vermilion County, Illinois
Vermilion County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois, between the Indiana border and Champaign County. It was established in 1826 and was the 45th of Illinois' 102 counties...
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He was ordained as a minister in 1901 and assumed his duties in Vermilion County, Illinois
Vermilion County, Illinois
Vermilion County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois, between the Indiana border and Champaign County. It was established in 1826 and was the 45th of Illinois' 102 counties...
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Missionary at Eldon, Missouri
Eldon, Missouri
Eldon is a city in Miller County, Missouri, United States. It is thirty miles southwest from Jefferson City. The population was 4,895 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Eldon is located at...
, for the Congregational Church in 1904.
He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1906 to take charge of the Compton Hill Congregational Church.
He resigned in 1912.
He studied law at Benton College of Law and was admitted to the bar in 1914.
Meeker 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-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his death from Spanish flu in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 16, 1918.
He was interred in Union Cemetery, Attica, Indiana
Attica, Indiana
Attica is a city in Logan Township, Fountain County, Indiana, United States. The population was 3,245 at the 2010 census.-History:Attica was laid out by George Hollingsworth and platted by David Stump on March 19, 1825...
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