Joel Funk Asper | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's7th district | |
| In office March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin F. Loan |
| Succeeded by | Isaac C. Parker |
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| Born | (1822-04-20)April 20, 1822 Adams County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | October 1, 1872(1872-10-01) (aged 50) Chillicothe, Missouri, US |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Joel Funk Asper (April 20, 1822 – October 1, 1872) was aU.S. Representative fromMissouri.
Born inAdams County, Pennsylvania, Asper moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Trumbull County in 1827. He attended the public schools and the local college inWarren, Ohio. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Warren, Ohio.[1]
He served as aJustice of the Peace in 1846. He served as prosecuting attorney of Geauga County in 1847. Asper served as a delegate to the Buffalo Free-Soil Convention in 1848. He was editor of theWestern Reserve Chronicle in 1849. He moved toIowa in 1850 and published theChardon Democrat.[1]
Asper raised a company for theCivil War in 1861 and served as its captain. He was wounded in theBattle of Winchester.[1]
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1862. He mustered out of the service in 1863, because of wounds received in action.[1]
He became the Colonel of the171st Ohio (a One Hundred Day Regiment) in May 1864 to August 1864. He served at the Prisoner of War Camp at Johnson's Island, Ohio. He was forced to surrender to John Hunt Morgan seven of the regiment's companies at Keller's Bridge, Kentucky, on June 12, 1864. The units were illegally paroled. Asper and the regiment returned to Johnson's Island. He mustered out at end of term of service.
He moved toChillicothe, Missouri, in 1864 and resumed the practice of law in partnership withHenry M. Pollard.[2] He founded theSpectator in 1866. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868.[1]
Asper was elected as aRepublican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871).[1]He was not a candidate for renomination in 1870.
Asper practiced law until his death. He died inChillicothe, Missouri, on October 1, 1872. He was interred in Edgewood Cemetery.[1]
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