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 theU.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857 | |
| Preceded by | Willard P. Hall |
| Succeeded by | James Craig |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 22, 1819 |
| Died | April 25, 1898 (aged 78) Springfield, Missouri, U.S. |
Mordecai Baldwin Oliver (October 22, 1819 – April 25, 1898) was an attorney and two-termU.S. Representative fromMissouri from 1853 to 1857.
Born inAnderson County, Kentucky, Oliver attended the common schools and then studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice inRichmond, Missouri. He served as a prosecuting attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit in 1848.
Oliver was elected as aWhig to theThirty-third Congress and reelected as anOpposition Party candidate to theThirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853–March 3, 1857).
Oliver was elected as aUnionist 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 from 1889 to 1893.
He moved toSpringfield, Missouri, where he died April 25, 1898.He was interred in Hazelwood Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's 4th congressional district 1853–1857 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by Benjamin Franklin Massey | Missouri Secretary of State 1861–1865 | Succeeded by Francis A. Rodman |
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