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Thomas Peter Akers

American Representative of Missouri's 5th district

  • Representative

    Missouri, district 5

    August 18, 1856 - March 3, 1857

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

October 4, 1828 (48 years old)

Birthday

April 3, 1877

Death

  • American politician and attorney
  • Served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1856 to 1857
  • Worked as a college professor, teaching mathematics and moral philosophy
  • Held the position of pastor at a local Methodist church
  • Elected as a Know Nothing to fill a vacant congressional seat
  • Opposed Republican anti-slavery rhetoric, labeling it as “driveling discussion” and “agitation”
  • Criticized Catholic immigration to the United States
  • Moved to New York City in 1861 and became a vice president of the gold board
  • Later relocated to Utah Territory due to health issues before returning to Missouri
  • Died in 1877