Thomas Jefferson Halsey (May 4, 1863 – March 17, 1951) was a
Republican
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Representative
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representing
Missouri's 6th congressional district
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from March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931.
Halsey was born in
Dover
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Morris County, New Jersey
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. His family moved to near
Holden
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Johnson County, Missouri
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University of Missouri
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He taught school and engaged in the mercantile business in Holden from 1880 to 1881. He was member of the State Republican committee 1896–1898; delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1896, 1908, and 1912; mayor of Holden 1902–1904. He moved to
Sedalia, Missouri
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in 1904 engaging in the wholesale tea and coffee business; member of the executive committee of the Missouri State Roads commission 1906-1910.
He moved to
Glendale, California
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in 1910 and returned to Holden in 1911. He was member of the Holden Board of Education in 1911 and 1912; member of the board of regents, Central Missouri Teachers College at Warrensburg, 1928-1932.
He was elected to Congress in 1928 but failed re-election in 1930. He died in