John Taddeus Heard (October 29, 1840 – January 27, 1927) was a Democratic

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representing

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from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1895. Heard was born in Georgetown, Missouri, in

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. He graduated from the

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in 1860. He was admitted to the bar in 1862 and practiced law in

Sedalia, Missouri Sedalia is a city located approximately south of the Missouri River and, as the county seat of Pettis County, Missouri, United States, it is the principal city of the Sedalia Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the city had ...

. He was a member of the

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in 1872–1875;

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in 1880–1884; employed in 1881 by the fund commissioners of the State to prosecute and adjust all claims of the State against the General Government. While in Congress he was chairman, Committee on

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(Fifty-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; delegate to the

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. He died on January 27, 1927, while on a visit to

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. He is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Sedalia. The John T. and Lillian Heard House at Sedalia was listed on the

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in 2011.

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1840 births 1927 deaths People from Sedalia, Missouri People from Pettis County, Missouri University of Missouri alumni Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives Democratic Party Missouri state senators Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri {{Missouri-politician-stub