Maurice "Mo" Edmund Baringer (December 4, 1921 – May 25, 2011) was an American educator and politician. Mo Barringer

Biography

Maurice "Mo" Edmund Baringer was born December 4, 1921, in

Arkansas City, Kansas Arkansas City () is a city in Cowley County, Kansas, United States, situated at the confluence of the Arkansas River and Walnut River in the southwestern part of the county. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 11,974. The n ...

.The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; ''WWII Draft Registration Cards for Kansas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947''; Record Group: ''Records of the Selective Service System, 147''; Box: ''18'' He was the middle child of the five children born to George William Baringer and Ada Maude Shilling Baringer. He graduated from Arkansas City High School and continued his education at the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

, from which he received his bachelor's degree in business in 1943. He served in the

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during

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and was stationed in the Pacific. He served as an anti-aircraft artillery officer. He then earned his bachelor's and master's degree in animal husbandry from

Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...

in 1947–1949. Baringer worked in the commercial feed business in management, nutrition, and sales. Baringer taught animal husbandry at Iowa State University. He lived in Oelwein, Iowa. Baringer served in the

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from 1961 to 1969. He served as speaker of the house from 1967 to 1969 and was a Republican. In 1967, the Statehouse Press Corps presented him a citation as outstanding Representative. From 1969 to 1982, Baringer served as

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. He raised horses and cattle at his farm in

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after his retirement.Maurice Baringer-obituary
/ref> Baringer met his wife, Dorothy Mae Schlensig, while attending

and they married in 1948. He and his wife had four children: two sons and two daughters. Baringer died suddenly on May 25, 2011, at Mercy Hospital in

Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...

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* *https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=59&personID=611 1921 births 2011 deaths People from Arkansas City, Kansas People from Clarke County, Iowa People from Oelwein, Iowa Farmers from Iowa Military personnel from Kansas United States Army Air Forces officers University of Kansas alumni Iowa State University alumni Iowa State University faculty Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives State treasurers of Iowa United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II Military personnel from Iowa {{Iowa-politician-stub