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Submitted: 4/23/13 • Approved: 4/23/13 • Last Updated: 4/3/18 • R738473-G738472-S3
Mordecai
Oct. 22, 1819
Apr. 25, 1898
a Representative from Missouri; born in Anderson County, Ky., October 22, 1819; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Richmond, Mo.; prosecuting attorney for the fifth judicial circuit in 1848; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); elected as a Unionist secretary of state of Missouri in 1861; resumed the practice of law in St. Louis, Mo.; judge of the criminal court 1889-1893; moved to Springfield, Greene County, Mo., where he died April 25, 1898; interment in Hazelwood Cemetery. Also see photo entry
Mordecai Judson
15 Jun 1854
15 Jan 1885
Parents: Mordecai Oliver, Emily Jane Hall
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