Missouri's 10th congressional district
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The 10th Congressional District of Missouri was a congressional district
Congressional district
A congressional district is “a geographical division of a state from which one member of the House of Representatives is elected.”Congressional Districts are made up of three main components, a representative, constituents, and the specific land area that both the representative and the...

 for the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

 in 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...

 from 1873 to 1983.

List of representatives

Representative Party Years District home Notes
District created March 4, 1873
Ira B. Hyde
Ira B. Hyde
Ira Barnes Hyde was a Representative from Missouri. He was a Republican.Hyde was born in Guilford, New York 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 in 1926.His sons have also...

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Rezin A. DeBolt Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
Henry M. Pollard
Henry Moses Pollard
Henry Moses Pollard was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Plymouth, Vermont, Pollard attended the common schools. He graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1857. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1861...

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Gideon F. Rothwell
Gideon Frank Rothwell
Gideon Frank Rothwell was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Fulton, Missouri, Rothwell was graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia.He studied law....

Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
Joseph H. Burrows
Joseph Henry Burrows
Joseph Henry Burrows was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Manchester, England, Burrows immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Quincy, Illinois....

Greenback
United States Greenback Party
The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward...

March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
Martin L. Clardy
Martin L. Clardy
Martin Linn Clardy was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and railroad executive from Missouri.-Biography:...

Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 Redistricted
Redistricting
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 from the
William M. Kinsey
William Medcalf Kinsey
William Medcalf Kinsey was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Kinsey attended Hopedale Academy, Harrison County, Ohio, and Monmouth College, Illinois....

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
Samuel Byrns
Samuel Byrns
Samuel Byrns was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm in Jefferson County, Missouri, Byrns studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Hillsboro, Missouri....

Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Richard Bartholdt
Richard Bartholdt
Richard Bartholdt was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Schleiz, Germany, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College ....

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1915
Jacob E. Meeker
Jacob Edwin Meeker
Jacob Edwin Meeker was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Attica, Indiana, Meeker attended the public schools....

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1915 – October 16, 1918 Died
Vacant October 16, 1918 – November 5, 1918
Frederick Essen
Frederick Essen
Frederick Essen was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Pond, St. Louis County, Missouri, Essen attended the public schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits.Recorder of deeds of St...

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

November 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919
Cleveland A. Newton
Cleveland A. Newton
Cleveland Alexander Newton was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Wright County, Missouri, Newton attended the common schools and Drury College at Springfield, Missouri....

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1927
Henry F. Niedringhaus
Henry F. Niedringhaus
Henry Frederick Niedringhaus was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus....

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933 Lost re-election
District inactive March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 All representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
Orville Zimmerman
Orville Zimmerman
Orville Zimmerman was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born on a farm near Glenallen, Missouri. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Missouri and served from January 3, 1935 until his death in Washington, D.C.-References:* at Find-A-Grave...

Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

January 3, 1935 – April 7, 1948 Died
Vacant April 7, 1948 – November 2, 1948
Paul C. Jones
Paul C. Jones
Paul Caruthers Jones was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Kennett, Missouri, Jones attended the Kennett public schools. He was graduated from the University of Missouri with a B.J. degree in 1923. He served as a member of the Kennett city council from 1931 to 1933 and as mayor of...

Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

November 2, 1948 – January 3, 1969
William D. Burlison Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981
Bill Emerson
Bill Emerson
Norvell William "Bill" Emerson was an American politician from Missouri. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death in 1996. He was succeeded in the House by his widow, Jo Ann Emerson...

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 Redistricted
Redistricting
Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to...

to the
District eliminated January 3, 1983
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