George Henry Christopher (December 9,1888 –January 23,1959) was a Democratic representative from Missouri's 6th congressional district from January 3,1949,to January 3,1951,and from the Missouri's 4th congressional district from January 3,1955,until his death from a heart attack on January 23,1959. [1] Christopher did not sign the 1956 Southern Manifesto and voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. [2]
He was born on a farm in Bates County,Missouri,near Butler,Missouri. He graduated from Hill's Business College,Sedalia,Missouri,in 1907. He lived on a farm in Calhoun County,Illinois,and Craig County,Oklahoma,before returning to Missouri.
He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Butler.
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