CS Con Hatcher, Robert Anthony - C.S. Congressman, MO

Robert Anthony Hatcher​

Born: February 24, 1819

Birthplace: Buckingham County, Virginia

Father: Archibald Hatcher 1789 – 1845

(Buried: Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Indiana)​

Mother: Elizabeth Nicholson Dibrell 1798 – 1861

(Buried: Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Indiana)​

1st​ Wife: Mary Elizabeth Marr 1825 – 1872

(Buried: Hatcher Cemetery, New Madrid, Missouri)​

Married: May 11, 1842 in Hickman, Kentucky

2nd​ Wife: Eudora F. Forbes 1841 – 1941

(Buried: Glenn Falls Cemetery, Glenn Falls, New York)​

Married: January 19, 1876 in Washington, D.C.

Children:

George N. Hatcher 1847 – 1876​

(Buried: Hatcher Cemetery, New Madrid, Missouri)​

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Anna Hinton Hatcher 1850 – 1851​

(Buried: Hatcher Cemetery, New Madrid, Missouri)​

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Robert Hatcher 1851 – 1856​

(Buried: Hatcher Cemetery, New Madrid, Missouri)​

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Elizabeth Archie Hatcher Tiffany 1859 – 1943​

(Buried: Palmyra Cemetery, Palmyra, New York)​

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Harriet Hatcher 1862 – 1870​

(Buried: Hatcher Cemetery, New Madrid, Missouri)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Occupation before War:

1847 – 1877: Attorney in New Madrid, Missouri​

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Circuit Court Attorney in Missouri​

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1850 – 1851: Missouri State Representative​

Civil War Career:

Major and Assistant Adjutant on Staffs of Stewart and Clayton.​

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Commended for his bravery to perform his duties with efficiency.​

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1862: Delegate to Missouri State Convention​

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1864 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from Missouri​

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1864 - 1865: Temporary Member of House Enrolled Bills Committee​

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1864 - 1865: Member of House Ordnance and Ordnance Stores Committee​

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1864 – 1865: Known for not giving an opinion during debates.​

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1864 – 1865: Nationalist on Taxation and the army.​

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1864 – 1865: Strong supporter of the home front in the war effort.​

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1864 – 1865: Supporter of exemption list including everyone in state employment, agriculture, and manufacturing.​

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1864 – 1865: Supporter of letting the government impress railroads.​

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1864 – 1865: Condemned enrollment of all state militia.​

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1864 – 1865: Believer that requisitioning deserters from the state governors violated the concept of personal freedom.​

Occupation after War:

1873 – 1879: United States Congressman from Missouri​

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1873 – 1875: Ranking Member of House Agriculture Committee​

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1875 – 1879: Member of House Missouri Levees Committee​

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1875 – 1877: Member of House Public Expenditures Committee​

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1877 – 1879: House Chairman of Public Expenditures Committee​

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1877 – 1879: Member of House Census Committee​

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1879 – 1886: Attorney in Charleston, Missouri​

Died: December 4, 1886

Place of Death: Charleston, Missouri

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place: IOOF Cemetery, Charleston, Missouri