James Hugh Relfe
James Hugh Relfe was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in Virginia, Relfe moved to Washington County, Missouri, about 1816 with his father, who settled in Caledonia.
He received a limited schooling.
He studied medicine and practiced in Caledonia, Missouri.
He was appointed a member of the commission to adjust Spanish land claims to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of his brother-in-law, Dr. Lewis F. Linn.
He served as member of the State house of representatives 1835-1844.
He served in the Black Hawk War.
He was appointed United States marshal for the district of Missouri February 17, 1841.
Relfe was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses.
He continued the practice of medicine in Caledonia, Washington County, Missouri, until his death there September 14, 1863.
He was interred in the Methodist Cemetery.
