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About Rep. Courtney Walker Hamlin, (D-MO)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_W._Hamlin
Courtney Walker Hamlin (October 27, 1858 - February 16, 1950) was a U.S. representative from Missouri and cousin of William Edward Barton.
Early life
Hamlin was born in Brevard, North Carolina. In 1869 moved to Missouri with his parents, who settled in Leasburg, Crawford County. He attended the common schools and Salem Academy, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in Bolivar, Missouri.
Political career
Hamlin was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress. Hamlin was elected to the Sixtieth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1919). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918.
Later life
He resumed the practice of law in Springfield, Missouri, until November 1935, when he retired and moved to Santa Monica, California, where he died February 16, 1950. He was interred in East Lawn Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri.
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Rep. Courtney Walker Hamlin, (D-MO)'s Timeline
| 1858 |
October 27, 1858
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Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States
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| 1882 |
June 7, 1882
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Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States
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| 1886 |
1886
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Kansas, United States
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| 1888 |
February 6, 1888
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Missouri, United States
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| 1890 |
April 11, 1890
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Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, United States
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| 1950 |
February 16, 1950
Age 91
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Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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East Lawn Cemetery, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, United States
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