Frederick Essen (April 22, 1863 – August 18, 1946) was a

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Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

. Born near Pond, St. Louis County, Missouri, Essen attended the public schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. Recorder of deeds of St. Louis County in 1894–1902. He engaged in newspaper business at

Clayton, Missouri Clayton is a city in and the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri, and borders the independent city of St. Louis. The population was 17,355 at the 2020 census. Organized in 1877, the city was named after Ralph Clayton, a citizen who donated ...

, becoming the owner of two papers which he combined under the name of the ''Watchman-Advocate''. He served as delegate to the

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1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ...

1908 This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time. Events January * January ...

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. He served as member of the board of education of Clayton and served as president in 1909–1919. Essen was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

Jacob Edwin Meeker Jacob Edwin Meeker (October 7, 1878 – October 16, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Background Born near Attica, Indiana, Meeker attended the public schools. He graduated from Union Christian College, Merom, Indiana, in 1900, and ...

and served from November 5, 1918, until March 3, 1919. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1918. He resumed newspaper activities. He was also interested in banking. He died in

Creve Coeur, Missouri Creve Coeur is a city located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, a part of Greater St. Louis. Its population was 18,834 at the 2020 census. Creve Coeur borders and shares a ZIP code (63141) with the neighboring city of Town and Co ...

, August 18, 1946. He was interred in Bethel Cemetery,

Pond, Missouri Pond was an unincorporated community in western St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. It was located on Old Manchester Road (part of the original alignment of U.S. Route 66 U.S. Route 66 or U.S. Highway 66 (US 66 or Route ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Essen, Frederick 1863 births 1946 deaths County officials in Missouri Politicians from St. Louis County, Missouri Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri School board members in Missouri 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives People from Clayton, Missouri