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| An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives |
DINSMORE, Hugh Anderson, a Representative from Arkansas; born at Cave Springs, Benton County,
Ark., on December 24, 1850; attended private schools in Benton and Washington
Counties; studied law in Bentonville; appointed clerk of the circuit court for
Benton County in 1873; was admitted to the bar in 1874; moved to Fayetteville,
Washington County, in 1875 and pursued the practice of law; prosecuting
attorney of the fourth judicial district 1878-1884; in January 1887 was
appointed by President Cleveland as Minister Resident and consul general to the
Kingdom of Korea and served until May 25, 1890; resumed the practice of law in
Fayetteville, Ark.; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and to the five
succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1905); unsuccessful candidate for
renomination in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law
in Fayetteville, Ark., and in later years devoted most of his time to the
management of his farming interests; member of the board of trustees of the
University of Arkansas; died in St. Louis, Mo., on May 2, 1930; interment in
Evergreen Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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