Abram Comingo (January 9, 1820 – November 10, 1889) was a

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Representative representing Missouri from March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875. He was a slaveholder. Comingo was born near

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in Mercer County, Kentucky. He graduated from Centre College in

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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 deeds of

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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

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land claims in Dakota Territory in 1876. He moved to

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in 1881 and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery there.

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* 1820 births 1889 deaths People from Harrodsburg, Kentucky Centre College alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri 19th-century American politicians {{Missouri-politician-stub