Lyne Metcalfe | |
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 Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe, c. 1870 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | |
| Preceded by | William Henry Stone |
| Succeeded by | Richard Graham Frost |
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| Born | (1822-04-21)April 21, 1822 |
| Died | January 31, 1906(1906-01-31) (aged 83) |
| Political party | Republican |
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe (April 21, 1822 – January 31, 1906) was aU.S. Representative fromMissouri.Born inMadisonville, Kentucky, Metcalfe attended the common schools,Shurtleff College,Alton, Illinois, andIllinois College,Jacksonville, Illinois.He engaged in mercantile pursuits inAlton, Illinois, in 1844.He served as member of the board of aldermen of Alton.
Metcalfe was elected mayor of Alton.During theCivil War served in theUnion Army as assistant quartermaster with rank of captain and later promoted to colonel.He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1863.He engaged in manufacturing.He served in the city council of St. Louis.
Metcalfe was elected as aRepublican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress.He died in Kirkwood, St. Louis County, Missouri, January 31, 1906.He was interred in Alton Cemetery.Alton,Madison County, Illinois.
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