Abram Comingo
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri | |
| In office March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 | |
| Preceded by | Robert T. Van Horn |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Joseph Franklin |
| Constituency | 6th district (1871–1873) 8th district (1873–1875) |
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| Born | (1820-01-09)January 9, 1820 Mercer County, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | November 10, 1889(1889-11-10) (aged 69) |
| Resting place | Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Abram Comingo (January 9, 1820 – November 10, 1889) was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri from March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875. He was a slaveholder.[1]
Comingo was born near Harrodsburg, KentuckyinMercer County, Kentucky. He graduated from Centre CollegeinDanville, Kentucky and was admitted to the bar in 1847.
He moved to Independence, Missouri in 1848, was delegate to the Missouri State convention in February 1861 which decided that Missouri would remain in the Union in the American Civil War; appointed provost marshal of the sixth district of Missouri in May 1863; elected recorder of deedsofJackson County, Missouri in 1868.
After two terms in Congress he did not stand for re-election. He was appointed by Ulysses S. Grant to a commission to arbitrate Sioux land claims in Dakota Territory in 1876. He moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1881 and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery there.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 6th congressional district 1871–1873 |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 8th congressional district 1873–1875 |
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