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  Phelps, John S.
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NameJohn S. Phelps
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Springfield, Missouri , United States
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Born December 22, 1814
DiedNovember 20, 1886 (71 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Dec 13, 2014 04:52pm
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InfoPHELPS, John Smith, (son of Elisha Phelps), a Representative from Missouri; born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., December 22, 1814; attended the common schools and was graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., in 1832; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in Simsbury; moved to Springfield, Greene County, Mo., in 1837; member of the State house of representatives in 1840; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1863); chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Thirty-fifth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1862; during the Civil War enlisted as a private in Captain Coleman’s Company of Missouri Infantry; promoted to lieutenant colonel October 2, 1861, and to colonel December 19, 1861; mustered out May 13, 1862; appointed by President Lincoln in July 1862 as Military Governor of Arkansas; resumed the practice of his profession in Springfield; unsuccessful Democratic candidate in 1868 for Governor of Missouri; Governor of Missouri 1877-1881; resumed the practice of his profession; died in St. Louis, Mo., November 20, 1886; interment in Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.


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RACES
  08/13/1884 MO Governor - D Convention Lost 5.44% (-73.05%)
  11/07/1876 MO Governor Won 56.99% (+14.82%)
  07/19/1876 MO Governor - D Convention Won 59.28% (+29.32%)
  11/03/1868 MO Governor Lost 43.33% (-13.33%)
  08/31/1864 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 2.02% (-54.91%)
  11/04/1862 MO District 4 Lost 37.46% (-25.08%)
  07/04/1861 US House Speaker Lost 3.72% (-48.94%)
  08/06/1860 MO District 6 Won 48.89% (+8.87%)
  02/01/1860 US House Speaker Lost 1.23% (-7.73%)
  08/02/1858 MO District 6 Won 62.51% (+25.03%)
  08/04/1856 MO District 6 Won 58.06% (+16.77%)
  02/02/1856 US House Speaker Lost 0.13% (-13.28%)
  08/07/1854 MO District 6 Won 51.10% (+2.21%)
  08/01/1853 MO District 6 (Incumbent) Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/02/1852 MO District 5 Won 67.57% (+35.14%)
  08/05/1850 MO District 5 Won 50.03% (+15.90%)
  08/07/1848 MO District 5 Won 65.42% (+30.83%)
  08/02/1846 MO District 5 Won 53.26% (+6.52%)
  08/05/1844 MO At-Large Won 12.02% (+0.18%)
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