Missouri's 10th congressional district explained

State:Missouri
District Number:10
Obsolete:yes
Created:1870
1935
Eliminated:1930
1980
Years:1873-1933
1935-1983
Population Year:1920
1970

The 10th congressional district of Missouri was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Missouri from 1873 to 1983. It was eliminated as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 census. Most of the territory that was part of the 10th at the time it was abolished is now part of the 8th district.

List of members representing the district

RepresentativePartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral history
District created March 4, 1873
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Ira B. Hyde
Republicannowrap March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
Elected in 1872.
Lost re-election.
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Rezin A. DeBolt
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
Elected in 1874.
Retired.
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Henry M. Pollard
Republicannowrap March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879
Elected in 1876.
Lost re-election.
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Gideon F. Rothwell
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881
Elected in 1878.
Lost renomination.
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Joseph H. Burrows
Greenbacknowrap March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
Elected in 1880.
Lost re-election.
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Martin L. Clardy
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1889
Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Lost re-election.
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William M. Kinsey
Republicannowrap March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891
Elected in 1888.
Lost re-election.
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Samuel Byrns
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
Elected in 1890.
Lost renomination.
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Richard Bartholdt
Republicannowrap March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1915
Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Retired.
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Jacob E. Meeker
Republicannowrap March 4, 1915 –
October 16, 1918
Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Died.
Vacantnowrap October 16, 1918 –
November 5, 1918
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Frederick Essen
Republicannowrap November 5, 1918 –
March 3, 1919
Elected to finish Meeker's term.
Retired.
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Cleveland A. Newton
Republicannowrap March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1927
Elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Retired.
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Henry F. Niedringhaus
Republicannowrap March 4, 1927 –
March 3, 1933
Elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Redistricted to the and lost re-election.
District inactivenowrap March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
All representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
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Orville Zimmerman
Democraticnowrap January 3, 1935 –
April 7, 1948
Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Died.
Vacantnowrap April 7, 1948 –
November 2, 1948
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Paul C. Jones
Democraticnowrap November 2, 1948 –
January 3, 1969
Elected to finish Zimmerman's term.
Also elected to the next full term in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Retired.
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Bill Burlison
Democraticnowrap January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1981
Elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Lost re-election.
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Bill Emerson
Republicannowrap January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983
Elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the .
District eliminated January 3, 1983

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