Ira Barnes Hyde was a Representative from Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

. He was a Republican.

Hyde was born in Guilford, New York

Guilford, New York

Guilford is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The town is on the east border of the county. The population was 3,046 at the 2000 census.- History :The land was purchased from the Oneida tribe in 1785.The town was first settled around 1787...

 in 1838. He served in the army during the Civil War, and was a representative between 1873 and 1875. He ran for reelection but lost. He died in Princeton, Missouri

Princeton, Missouri

Princeton is a city in Mercer County, Missouri. The population was 1,166 at the 2010 census, an 11.4% increase in population from the 2000 census, which counted 1,047 people. It is the county seat of Mercer County.-Geography:...

 in 1926.

His sons have also been involved in politics. Arthur M. Hyde

Arthur M. Hyde

Arthur Mastick Hyde was an American Republican politician who served as the 35th Governor of Missouri and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.-Biography:...

 was a Governor of Missouri. Laurance M. Hyde

Laurance M. Hyde

Laurance Mastick Hyde was a chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court. He was a Republican.Hyde was born in Princeton, Missouri and served in the U.S. Army during World War I...

was a chief justice of the Missouri supreme court.

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