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Leonidas C. Dyer

1871 – 1957

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Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer was an American politician, attorney, civil rights activist, and military officer. A Republican, he served eleven terms in the U.S. Congress as a U.S. Representative from Missouri from 1911 to 1933. In 1898, enlisting in the U.S. Army as a private, Dyer served notably in the Spanish–American War; and was promoted to colonel at the war's end.

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Date of birth
June 11, 1871
Date of death
December 15, 1957
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