Joel F. Asper

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(April 20, 1822 — October 1, 1872) Asper was a lawyer, judge, and politician. Joel Funk Asper was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, moved to Ohio with his parents, and ended up in Missouri in 1864. He graduated from a local college in Warren, Ohio and was admitted to the bar in 1844. Asper served as a justice of the peace in 1846, and as a prosecuting attorney of Geauga County in 1847. In 1850, he moved to Iowa and was the published of the Chardon Democrat. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army and served as a captain and lieutenant colonel. Asper left the army in 1863 due to wounds sustained in battle. After moving to Missouri in 1864, Asper served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1871. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000320]

Member of Missouri Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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