Mordecai Oliver

Mordecai Oliver
Secretary of State of Missouri
In office 1861–1865
Preceded by	Benjamin Franklin Massey
Succeeded by	Francis A. Rodman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 4th district
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857
Preceded by	Willard P. Hall
Succeeded by	James Craig
Personal details
Born	October 22, 1819 Anderson County, Kentucky
Died	April 25, 1898 (aged 79) Springfield, Missouri
Nationality	American

Mordecai Oliver (October 22, 1819 – April 25, 1898) was an attorney and two-term U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born in Anderson County, Kentucky, Oliver attended the common schools and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Richmond, Missouri. He served as a prosecuting attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit in 1848.

Oliver was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853–March 3, 1857).

Oliver was elected as a Unionist 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 1889-1893. He moved to Springfield, Missouri, where he died April 25, 1898. He was interred in Hazelwood Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "Mordecai Oliver (id: O000075)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.