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Joy, Charles Frederick

congressman, was born Dec. 11, 1849, in Morgan county, Ill. He graduated with the degree of bachelor of arts June 25, 1874; engaged in the practice of law in St.

Louis in September, 1876, and since that time has devoted himself exclusively to his profession. He was elected to the fifty-third congress as a republican, but was unseated on contest in favor of John J. O'Neill, his democratic opponent, April 3, 1894. He was elected to the fiftyfourth and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.