Missouri's 10th congressional district
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The 10th Congressional District of Missouri was a congressional district
for the United States House of Representatives
in Missouri
from 1873 to 1983.
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 1873 to 1983.
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | District home | Notes |
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District created | March 4, 1873 | |||
Ira B. Hyde Ira B. Hyde Ira Barnes Hyde was a Representative from Missouri. He was a Republican.Hyde was born in Guilford, New York in 1838. He served in the army during the Civil War, and was a representative between 1873 and 1875. He ran for reelection but lost. He died in Princeton, Missouri in 1926.His sons have also... |
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, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | ||
Rezin A. DeBolt | 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, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | ||
Henry M. Pollard Henry Moses Pollard Henry Moses Pollard was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Plymouth, Vermont, Pollard attended the common schools. He graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1857. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1861... |
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, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | ||
Gideon F. Rothwell Gideon Frank Rothwell Gideon Frank Rothwell was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Fulton, Missouri, Rothwell was graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia.He studied law.... |
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, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | ||
Joseph H. Burrows Joseph Henry Burrows Joseph Henry Burrows was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Manchester, England, Burrows immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Quincy, Illinois.... |
Greenback United States Greenback Party The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward... |
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | ||
Martin L. Clardy Martin L. Clardy Martin Linn Clardy was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and railroad executive from Missouri.-Biography:... |
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, 1883 – March 3, 1889 | Redistricted Redistricting Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to... from the |
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William M. Kinsey William Medcalf Kinsey William Medcalf Kinsey was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Kinsey attended Hopedale Academy, Harrison County, Ohio, and Monmouth College, Illinois.... |
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, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | ||
Samuel Byrns Samuel Byrns Samuel Byrns was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm in Jefferson County, Missouri, Byrns studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Hillsboro, Missouri.... |
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, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | ||
Richard Bartholdt Richard Bartholdt Richard Bartholdt was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Schleiz, Germany, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College .... |
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, 1893 – March 3, 1915 | ||
Jacob E. Meeker Jacob Edwin Meeker Jacob Edwin Meeker was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Attica, Indiana, Meeker attended the public schools.... |
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, 1915 – October 16, 1918 | Died | |
Vacant | October 16, 1918 – November 5, 1918 | |||
Frederick Essen Frederick Essen Frederick Essen was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Pond, St. Louis County, Missouri, Essen attended the public schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits.Recorder of deeds of St... |
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... |
November 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919 | ||
Cleveland A. Newton Cleveland A. Newton Cleveland Alexander Newton was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Wright County, Missouri, Newton attended the common schools and Drury College at Springfield, 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, 1919 – March 3, 1927 | ||
Henry F. Niedringhaus Henry F. Niedringhaus Henry Frederick Niedringhaus was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus.... |
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, 1927 – March 3, 1933 | Lost re-election | |
District inactive | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | All representatives elected At-large on a general ticket | ||
Orville Zimmerman Orville Zimmerman Orville Zimmerman was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born on a farm near Glenallen, Missouri. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Missouri and served from January 3, 1935 until his death in Washington, D.C.-References:* at Find-A-Grave... |
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... |
January 3, 1935 – April 7, 1948 | Died | |
Vacant | April 7, 1948 – November 2, 1948 | |||
Paul C. Jones Paul C. Jones Paul Caruthers Jones was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Kennett, Missouri, Jones attended the Kennett public schools. He was graduated from the University of Missouri with a B.J. degree in 1923. He served as a member of the Kennett city council from 1931 to 1933 and as mayor of... |
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... |
November 2, 1948 – January 3, 1969 | ||
William D. Burlison | 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... |
January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981 | ||
Bill Emerson Bill Emerson Norvell William "Bill" Emerson was an American politician from Missouri. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death in 1996. He was succeeded in the House by his widow, Jo Ann Emerson... |
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... |
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | Redistricted Redistricting Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to... to the |
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District eliminated | January 3, 1983 |