| Mordecai Baldwin Oliver | |||
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| 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 United States House of Representatives | 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 | ||
| Died | April 25, 1898 (aged 78) Springfield, Missouri | ||
| Nationality | American | ||
Mordecai Baldwin Oliver (October 22, 1819 – April 25, 1898) was an attorney and two-term U.S. Representative from Missouri.
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.
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).
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 1889–1893. He moved to Springfield, Missouri, where he died April 25, 1898. He was interred in Hazelwood Cemetery.
References[]
- Mordecai Oliver at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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