Heard was born in Georgetown , Missouri in Pettis County , Missouri . He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1860 . He was admitted to the bar in 1862 and practiced law in Sedalia , Missouri . He was a member of the Missouri State House of Representatives in 1872 – 1875 ; Missouri State Senate in 1880 – 1884 ; employed in 1881 by the fund commissioners of the State to prosecute and adjust all claims of the State against the General Government . While in Congress he was chairman , Committee on District of Columbia ( Fifty-third Congress ) ; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress ; delegate to the 1904 Democratic National Convention
1904 Democratic National Convention
1904 Democratic National Convention
John T. Heard