Mordecai Oliver

American politician

Mordecai Baldwin Oliver

Secretary of State of Missouri
In office
1861–1865
Governor| Hamilton Rowan Gamble
Willard Preble Hall
Preceded by| Benjamin Franklin Massey
Succeeded by| Francis A. Rodman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857
Preceded by| Willard P. Hall
Succeeded by| James Craig
Personal details
Born| October 22, 1819
Anderson County, Kentucky, U.S.
Died| April 25, 1898 (aged 78)
Springfield, Missouri, U.S.

Mordecai Baldwin Oliver (October 22, 1819 - April 25, 1898) was an attorney and two-term U.S. Representative from Missouri from 1853 to 1857.

## Biography

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Born in Anderson County, Kentucky, Oliver attended the common schools and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Richmond, Missouri. He served as a prosecuting attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit in 1848.

### Congress

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Oliver was 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).

### Later career

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Oliver was elected as a Unionist Secretary of State of Missouri in 1861.

He resumed the practice of law in St. Louis, Missouri, and served as judge of the criminal court from 1889 to 1893.

### Death and burial

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He moved to Springfield, Missouri, where he died April 25, 1898. He was interred in Hazelwood Cemetery.

## References

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* United States Congress. "Mordecai Oliver (id: O000075)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives

Preceded by

Willard P. Hall

|  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 4th congressional district
1853–1857  | Succeeded by

James Craig

Political offices
Preceded by

Benjamin Franklin Massey

|  Missouri Secretary of State
1861-1865  | Succeeded by

Francis A. Rodman

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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri

1st district|

* Bowlin
* Darby
* T. Benton
* Kennett
* F. Blair Jr.
* Barret
* F. Blair Jr.
* Barret
* F. Blair Jr.
* Knox
* Hogan
* Pile
* Wells
* Stanard
* Kehr
* Ittner
* Clardy
* Hatch
* C. N. Clark
* Lloyd
* Romjue
* Millspaugh
* Romjue
* Romjue
* Arnold
* Magee
* Karsten
* B. Clay
* L. Clay
* Bush
* W. Bell

2nd district|

* Jameson
* Bay
* Porter
* Lamb
* Porter
* T. Anderson
* Rollins
* Blow
* Newcomb
* Finkelnburg
* Wells
* N. Cole
* Wells
* Allen
* McLean
* A. Alexander
* Hale
* Mansur
* U. Hall
* Bodine
* Rucker
* Lozier
* Nelson
* Schwabe
* Moulder
* Curtis
* Symington
* Young
* Buechner
* Horn
* Talent
* Akin
* Wagner

3rd district|

* Green
* J. G. Miller
* Lindley
* J. Clark
* W. Hall
* J. Noell
* J. G. Scott
* T. Noell
* McCormick
* W. H. Stone
* Metcalfe
* Frost
* Sessinghaus
* Dockery
* Dougherty
* Klepper
* J. Alexander
* Milligan
* Lawrence
* Milligan
* Duncan
* W. Cole
* Welch
* L. Sullivan
* Gephardt
* R. Carnahan
* Luetkemeyer
* Onder

4th district|

* W. Hall
* Oliver
* Craig
* Norton
* Boyd
* Kelso
* Gravely
* Boyd
* Havens
* Hatcher
* Davis
* J. Burnes
* Booher
* Wilson
* D. Burnes
* Crowther
* C. Cochran
* Fulkerson
* Booher
* Faust
* Hopkins
* C. Bell
* Irving
* Hillelson
* Christopher
* Randall
* Skelton
* Hartzler
* Alford

5th district|

* Phelps
* J. G. Miller
* Akers
* Woodson
* Reid
* T. Price
* McClurg
* Stover
* Burdett
* R. Bland
* A. Graves
* Warner
* Tarsney
* Van Horn
* Cowherd
* Ellis
* Borland
* W. Bland
* Ellis
* Jost
* Ellis
* Combs Jr.
* Ellis
* Shannon
* Shannon
* Slaughter
* Reeves Jr.
* Bolling
* Wheat
* McCarthy
* Cleaver

6th district|

* Phelps
* King
* Van Horn
* Comingo
* Havens
* Morgan
* Waddill
* Haseltine
* Cosgrove
* Heard
* De Armond
* Dickinson
* Atkeson
* Dickinson
* Halsey
* Dickinson
* R. Wood
* P. Bennett
* M. Bennett
* Christopher
* Armstrong
* W. Cole
* Hull Jr.
* Litton
* Coleman
* Danner
* S. Graves

7th district|

* Caruthers
* J. Noell
* Loan
* Asper
* Parker
* Crittenden
* Philips
* Crittenden
* Lay
* Philips
* Rice
* Buckner
* Hutton
* Norton
* Heard
* Tracey
* Cooney
* Hamlin
* Welborn
* Hamlin
* Major
* Patterson
* Major
* Palmer
* Major
* R. Johnson
* Short
* Brown
* D. Hall
* Taylor
* Hancock
* Blunt
* Long
* E. Burlison

8th district|

* W. Hall
* Benjamin
* J. Blair
* Comingo
* Franklin
* Sawyer
* Van Horn
* O'Neill
* F. Niedringhaus
* O'Neill
* R. Bland
* Hubbard
* R. Bland
* Shackleford
* Nelson
* Roach
* Nelson
* Williams
* Elmer
* A. Carnahan
* Banta
* A. Carnahan
* Ichord Jr.
* Bailey
* B. Emerson
* J. Emerson
* J. Smith

9th district|

* Rollins
* G. Anderson
* Dyer
* King
* Parker
* Rea
* Ford
* Broadhead
* J. Mi. Glover
* Frank
* Cobb
* Cp. Clark
* Treloar
* Cp. Clark
* Hukriede
* Cannon
* Cannon
* Hungate
* Volkmer
* Hulshof
* Luetkemeyer

10th district|

* Hyde
* De Bolt
* Pollard
* Rothwell
* Burrows
* Clardy
* Kinsey
* Byrns
* Bartholdt
* Meeker
* Essen
* Newton
* H. Niedringhaus
* Zimmerman
* Jones
* B. Burlison
* B. Emerson

11th district|

* J. Clark Jr.
* R. Bland
* Joy
* O'Neill
* Joy
* Hunt
* Caulfiend
* P. Gill
* Catlin
* P. Gill
* Igoe
* Hawes
* J. Cochran
* Hennings Jr.
* J. Sullivan
* L. Miller
* J. Sullivan
* Bakewell
* J. Sullivan
* Bakewell
* Moulder

12th district|

* J. Mo. Glover
* Hatch
* Morgan
* W. J. Stone
* De Armond
* Cobb
* Pearce
* Butler
* Butler
* Wagoner
* Butler
* E. Wood
* Coudrey
* Dyer
* M. Gill
* Dyer
* Claiborne
* C. Anderson
* Ploeser
* Karst
* Curtis

13th district|

* Buckner
* Fyan
* Wade
* Fyan
* Raney
* Robb
* Rhodes
* M. Smith
* Elvins
* Hensley
* Rhodes
* Wolff
* Kiefner
* Williams
* Kiefner
* Williams
* J. Cochran
* Karsten

14th district|

* Davis
* Dawson
* Walker
* Whitelaw
* Arnold
* Mozley
* Vandiver
* Tyndall
* Russell
* Crow
* Russell
* Hays
* Fulbright
* Bailey
* Fulbright
* Short
* Fulbright

15th district|

* Morgan
* Burton
* M. Benton
* Shartel
* Hackney
* Morgan
* Daugherty
* Decker
* McPherson
* Manlove

16th district|

* Lamar
* Murphy
* Lamar
* Murphy
* Rubey
* Shelton
* Rubey
* Johnston
* Barton

At-large|

| 1821–1847|

| Seat A|

* J. Scott
* Bates
* Pettis
* Ashley
* J. Miller
* Bowlin

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Seat B|

* Bull
* Harrison
* Jameson
* Edwards
* Jameson
* S. Price
* McDaniel

Seat C|

* Relfe

Seat D|

* Bower
* Sims

Seat E|

* Hughes
* Phelps

1933–1935|

* Romjue
* Lozier
* Duncan
* Milligan
* Shannon
* R. Wood
* Dickinson
* Williams
* Cannon
* Lee
* Ruffin
* Claiborne
* J. Cochran

Territory|

* Hempstead
* Easton
* J. Scott
* J. Scott

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International|

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National|

* United States
* Israel

People|

* US Congress

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* Yale LUX

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