Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe (April 21, 1822 – January 31, 1906) was a

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, Metcalfe attended the common schools,

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, in 1844. He served as member of the board of aldermen of Alton. Metcalfe was elected mayor of Alton. During the

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served in the Union Army as assistant quartermaster with rank of captain and later promoted to colonel. He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1863. He engaged in manufacturing. He served in the city council of St. Louis. Metcalfe was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress. He died in Kirkwood, St. Louis County, Missouri, January 31, 1906. He was interred in Alton Cemetery. Alton,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Metcalfe, Lyne Shackelford 1822 births 1906 deaths Quartermasters Union army colonels Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri People from Madison County, Missouri 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives