Cassius M. Shartel
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Cassius McLean Shartel was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Missouri
Missouri
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Born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania
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, Shartel moved with his parents to Knox County, Missouri
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As of the census of 2010, there are 4,131 people in the county, organized into 1,791 households and 1,217 families. The population density is 9 people per square mile . There are 2,317 housing units at an average density of 5 per square mile...

, and resided there until 1873.
He moved with his parents to Chautauqua County, Kansas
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He attended the common schools and Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan.
He taught school.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Sedan, Kansas
Sedan, Kansas
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He moved to Nevada, Missouri
Nevada, Missouri
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, in 1887 and then to Neosho, Missouri
Neosho, Missouri
Neosho is the most populous city in and the county seat of Newton County, Missouri, United States. Neosho is an integral part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area....

, the same year and continued the practice of law.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1900 and 1936.

Shartel was elected as a Republican
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 to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906.
He was interested in farm loans.
He served as president of the Missouri constitutional convention in 1922 and 1923.
He died in Neosho, Missouri
Neosho, Missouri
Neosho is the most populous city in and the county seat of Newton County, Missouri, United States. Neosho is an integral part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area....

, September 27, 1943.
He was interred in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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