Hugh A. Dinsmore

Hugh Anderson Dinsmore (December 24, 1850 - May 2, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.

Born at Cave Springs, Arkansas, Dinsmore attended private schools in Benton and Washington Counties.He studied law in Bentonville.He was appointed clerk of the circuit court for Benton County in 1873.He was admitted to the bar in 1874.He moved to Fayetteville, Washington County, in 1875 and pursued the practice of law.He served as prosecuting attorney of the fourth judicial district 1878-1884. In January 1887 was appointed by President Cleveland as Minister Resident and consul general to the Kingdom of Korea and served until May 25, 1890.He resumed the practice of law in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Dinsmore was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1905).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress.He resumed the practice of law in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and in later years devoted most of his time to the management of his farming interests.He served as member of the board of trustees of the University of Arkansas.He died in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 2, 1930.He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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