Jim Kalberloh is an American politician serving as a member of the

Missouri House of Representatives The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections ...

. Elected in November 2020 from the 125th district, he assumed office on January 6, 2021. After redistricting in 2022, he was re-elected from district 126.

Early life and education

Kalberloh was born in Appleton City and raised on a farm in Lowry City, Missouri. He graduated from Lakeland High School and earned a diploma in farm management from Platt College (now

Northwest Missouri State University Northwest Missouri State University (NW Missouri) is a public university in Maryville, Missouri, United States. It has an enrollment of 9,152 students. Founded in 1905 as a teachers college, its campus is based on the design for Forest Park (St. ...

Career

Outside of politics, Kalberloh owns a restaurant and works as a cattle farmer. He also served as a member of the

Missouri National Guard The Missouri National Guard (MONG), commonly known as the Missouri Guard, is a component of the Army National Guard and Missouri State Department of the National Guard. It is composed of Army National Guard, Army and Missouri Air National Guard, A ...

for 21 years and was deployed to

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

in 2003 and 2004. He was elected to the

in November 2020 and assumed office on January 6, 2021.

Electoral history

State representative

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalberloh, Jim Living people Republican Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives People from Appleton City, Missouri People from Lowry City, Missouri People from St. Clair County, Missouri Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the Missouri General Assembly