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(Redirected from Gideon Frank Rothwell) American politician (1836–1894)
Gideon F. Rothwell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
Preceded byHenry M. Pollard
Succeeded byJoseph H. Burrows
Personal details
BornGideon Frank Rothwell
(1836-04-24)April 24, 1836
near Fulton, Missouri, U.S.
DiedJanuary 18, 1894(1894-01-18) (aged 57)
Moberly, Missouri, U.S.
Resting placeOakland Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of Missouri
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Gideon Frank Rothwell (April 24, 1836 – January 18, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born near Fulton, Missouri, Rothwell graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1864, commencing practice in Huntsville, Missouri.

Rothwell was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881) but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1880. He resumed the practice of law in Moberly, Missouri. He was appointed in 1889 a member of the board of curators of the University of Missouri, and served as its president in 1890–1894 during the catastrophic 1892 fire. After first ordering the remaining Columns torn down, Rothwell, eventually declare them structurally sound, creating Columbia's most famous landmark. He died in Moberly, Missouri, on January 18, 1894, and was interred in Oakland Cemetery.

References

  1. "Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details". bioguideretro.congress.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byHenry M. Pollard Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 10th congressional district
1879–1881 		Succeeded byJoseph H. Burrows
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