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Theron Ephron Catlin (May 16, 1878 – March 19, 1960) was a
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from
Missouri's 11th congressional district The 11th congressional district of Missouri was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. ...
. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Catlin attended private schools. He graduated from
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in 1899 and from the law department of the same institution in 1902. He was admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in St. Louis, Missouri. He served as a member of the
Missouri House of Representatives The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections ...
from 1907–1909. He presented credentials as a Republican Member-elect to the Sixty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1911, to August 12, 1912. His opponent
Patrick F. Gill Patrick Francis Gill (August 16, 1868 – May 21, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Pre-congressional life Born in Independence, Missouri, Gill moved with his widowed mother to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1871. He attended the paroc ...
contested the election on the grounds that Catlin had violated the state's Corrupt Practices Act by allowing family to provide more funding to his election than was allowed. The limit was $662, but more than $10,000 was spent on his campaign. Though he claimed ignorance of the spending, Congress decided he was in violation and he was deemed ineligible for office. They also found evidence of fraud and when the fraudulent votes were eliminated, that Catlin had lost to Gill. Catlin was removed from office and Gill succeeded him. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress. He resumed the practice of law, and served as a member of the board of directors of St. Louis Union Trust Co. He died in
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, March 19, 1960, and his remains were interred in
Bellefontaine Cemetery Bellefontaine Cemetery is a nonprofit, non-denominational cemetery and arboretum in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1849 as a rural cemetery, Bellefontaine is home to a number of architecturally significant monuments and mausoleums such as t ...
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Catlin, Theron Ephron 1878 births 1960 deaths Republican Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives Harvard Law School alumni Politicians from St. Louis Missouri lawyers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri Members of the United States House of Representatives removed by contest