John T. Heard
U.S. Congressperson
1840 – 1927
Who was John T. Heard?
John Taddeus Heard was a Democrat Representative representing Missouri from March 4, 1885-March 3, 1895.
Heard was born in Georgetown, Missouri in Pettis County, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1860. He was admitted to the bar in 1862 and practiced law in Sedalia, Missouri. He was a member of the Missouri State House of Representatives 1872-1875; Missouri State Senate 1880-1884; employed in 1881 by the fund commissioners of the State to prosecute and adjust all claims of the State against the General Government. While in Congress he was chairman, Committee on District of Columbia; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; delegate to the 1904 Democratic National Convention.
He died while on a visit to Los Angeles, California, January 27, 1927; interment in Crown Hill Cemetery in Sedalia.
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- Born
- Oct 29, 1840
- Also known as
- John Heard
- Education
- University of Missouri
- Lived in
- Missouri
- Died
- Jan 27, 1927
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on July 23, 2013
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