About Richard P. Giles
Lived 1840 – 1896 (aged 56). Richard P. Giles was an American politician and lawyer.
Richard Porter Giles (June 20, 1840 – November 17, 1896) was an American attorney and Democratic politician from Missouri.
Giles was born in Stephensburg, Kentucky, on June 20, 1840, to Granville T. and Rosanna Giles. Giles was educated at St. Paul's College and went into the field of law through reading the law at a Palmyra, Missouri law firm. Giles was admitted to the bar in 1868, practicing in St. Joseph, Palmyra, and Shelbina, Missouri. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Shelby County, Missouri, in 1880 and elected four times.
Giles was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Missouri's First Congressional District on November 3, 1896. However, Giles died 14 days later on November 17, 1896, before his term of office began. James Tilghman Lloyd was elected in a special election to succeed Giles on June 1, 1897.
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American politician
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Richard P. Giles was born on 20 June 1840 in Stephensburg.
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Richard P. Giles died on 17 November 1896 in Shelbina, Missouri.
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Richard P. Giles was a politician and lawyer.
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