Isaac Vanburt McPherson (March 8, 1868 – October 31, 1931) was a

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from

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. Born near Rome, Missouri, McPherson moved to

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, with his parents. He attended Springfield High School in Missouri, and Marionville College in

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1889, and commenced practice in

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. He served as prosecuting attorney of Lawrence County in 1901 and 1902. He served as member of the

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in 1903 and 1904. He was appointed postmaster at

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, in 1905 and served until 1912. He continued the practice of law in

. McPherson was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1922. He was appointed as assistant counsel in the legal department of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation in 1923 and served in that capacity until his death in

on October 31, 1931. He was interred in Maple Park Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McPherson, Isaac V. 1868 births 1931 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri Republican Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives People from Aurora, Missouri People from Douglas County, Missouri People from Taney County, Missouri People from Mount Vernon, Missouri 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Missouri General Assembly