Lyne Metcalfe
U.S. Congressperson
1822 – 1906
Who was Lyne Metcalfe?
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in Madisonville, Kentucky, Metcalfe attended the common schools, Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois, and Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Alton, Illinois, in 1844. He served as member of the board of aldermen of Alton.
Metcalfe was elected mayor of Alton. During the Civil War 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. 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, Madison County, Illinois.
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- Born
- Apr 21, 1822
Madisonville - Education
- Shurtleff College
- Died
- Jan 31, 1906
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on July 23, 2013
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