Ira Sherwin Haseltine (July 13, 1821 – January 13, 1899) was a Greenback

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representing

Missouri's 6th congressional district Missouri's 6th congressional district takes in a large swath of land in northern Missouri, stretching across nearly the entire width of the state from Kansas to Illinois. Its largest voting population is centered in the northern portion of the ...

from March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883. Haseltine was born in

Andover, Vermont Andover is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 568 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.20%, is water. Demograp ...

Windsor County, Vermont Windsor County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,753. The shire town (county seat) is the town of Woodstock. The county's largest municipality is the town of Hartford. History Wind ...

. He moved to

Richland Center, Wisconsin Richland Center is a city in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States that also serves as the county seat. The population was 5,114 at the 2020 census. History Richland Center was founded in 1851 by Ira Sherwin Hazeltine, a native of Andover, Ve ...

in 1842. He taught school in

Natchez, Mississippi Natchez ( ) is the county seat of and only city in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Natchez has a total population of 14,520 (as of the 2020 census). Located on the Mississippi River across from Vidalia in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, N ...

and was admitted to the bar in 1842 where he practiced in Richland Center. He was delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860 and a member of the

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from 1867 to 1869. He moved to a farm near

Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which had an estimat ...

in 1870 and was elected to Congress in 1880 but lost re-election in 1882. He is buried in Hazelwood Cemetery in Springfield.

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