Selected officials of Jackson County

(not intended to be complete)

Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Jr. (County Clerk, 1894-1900) Herbert S. Hadley (Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-03) Claire McCaskill (Prosecuting Attorney, 1992-98)

Politicians who were born in Jackson County

• No city given: Charles A. Johns 1857
• Independence: Oliver Houx Lewis 1847 Patrick F. Gill 1868 Knox Alexander 1891 Nathan Scarritt 1902 William J. Randall 1909 Charles L. Madison 1915 Fred N. Six 1929
• Kansas City: Maxwell Blake 1877 Frederic H. Bontecou 1893 George H. Combs, Jr. 1899 Alice Sachs 1905 Leon M. Jordan 1905 Alfred Albert Arraj 1906 Philip M. Klutznick 1907 Thomas B. Adams 1910 Nicholas Gilman Thacher 1915 Ilus W. Davis 1917 Richard B. Ogilvie 1923 Harry G. Camper, Jr. 1924 Robert B. Docking 1925 Herbert Eugene Harris II 1926 Ronald B. Cameron 1927 Robert F. Bennett 1927 William T. Hanna 1930 Charles H. Price II 1931 Jane Dee Hull 1935 Doris Allen 1936 D. Brook Bartlett 1937 Vard R. Johnson 1939 E. Thomas Coleman 1943 Monti L. Belot 1943 David Herbert Jackson 1943 Michael C. Lemmon 1946 Bob Holden 1949 David Dreier 1952 Perry K. Spencer 1956
• Near Lee's Summit: William S. Cowherd 1860
• See also Mo. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Jackson County

• No city given:
  • Lived in No city given, 1800-1899: Lilburn W. Boggs - James Latimer
  • Lived in No city given, 1900-1999: John A. Biersmith - Hilary A. Bush - E. R. 'Mike' Cassidy - John R. Clark - Robert L. Collins - Heath Cowan - Lawrence L. Downs - Jack E. Gant - Lem T. Jones, Jr. - Carl Kiefer - Fannie L. Meek - William S. Morris - Henry A. Panethiere - Salvatore J. Privitera - Elpidio Rocha, Jr. - Reynolds D. Rodgers - William R. Royster - John P. Ryan - Caroline R. Salyers - Wallace W. Sharp - James Renick Shepherd - Lee Vertis Swinton - James M. Taylor
• Blue Springs: C. Jasper Bell - J. O. Jackson - Antonia McCauley - Virgil L. Wills
• Grain Valley: Chad Chitwood
• Grandview: William L. Mullen - W. Rupert Ramsay
• Greenwood: James V. Carpenter
• Hickman Mills: David B. Childs
• Independence:
  • Lived in Independence, 1800-1899: Joseph Wayne Mercer - Samuel H. Woodson
  • Lived in Independence, 1900-1999: Knox Alexander - Wilmer C. Andes - Charles J. Baker - Henry A. Bundschu - Charles D. Capelle - William H. Childers - Homer M. Clements - E. Lee Comer, Jr. - L. F. P. Curry - Etta P. Gallagher - Harry Gallagher - Floyd R. Gibson - Alvin D. Hatten - Jim Hillen - Leonard Irving - J. Marcus Kirtley - Arthur E. McKim - Joseph Wayne Mercer - Mrs. Dorcas Neas - William J. Randall - Harvey Roney - Roger T. Sermon - William Sermon - Donald M. Slusher - Floyd Snyder, Sr. - Ralph R. Stoutimore - John Thice - Harry S. Truman - Mrs. Leon N. Walker - Robert P. Weatherford, Jr. - Phil K. Weeks - Wilford G. Winholtz
  • Lived in Independence, 2000-2008: Renee Paluka
• Near Independence: John W. Mitchell
• Kansas City:
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1850-1859: Robert T. Van Horn
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1860-1869: Edward H. Allen - N. C. Claiborne - Robert T. Van Horn
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1870-1879: Benjamin Joseph Franklin - Turner Anderson Gill - E. L. Martin - E. M. McGee - M. Munford - Robert T. Van Horn
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1880-1889: Thomas B. Bullene - William H. Golden, Jr. - Henry Christian Kumpf - John Finis Philips - James A. Reed - Robert T. Van Horn - George G. Vest - William Warner
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1890-1899: Henry M. Beardsley - William S. Cowherd - Webster Davis - Herbert S. Hadley - John L. MacDonald - James A. Reed - John C. Tarsney - Robert T. Van Horn - George G. Vest - William Warner
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1900-1909: Albert I. Beach - Henry M. Beardsley - William Thomas Bland - Charles J. Colden - Nelson C. Crews - Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Jr. - J. R. A. Crossland - Walter S. Dickey - Edgar C. Ellis - Herbert S. Hadley - Mattie Jenkins - C. S. Jobes - Lawrence M. Jones - John L. MacDonald - James A. Reed - William Warner - Bernard Zick, Jr.
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1910-1919: Albert I. Beach - Henry M. Beardsley - William Thomas Bland - William P. Borland - Charles J. Colden - James Cowgill - Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Jr. - Walter S. Dickey - George H. Edwards - Edgar C. Ellis - Herbert S. Hadley - Mattie Jenkins - Henry L. Jost - James Oliver Laing - Charles C. Madison - Homer B. Mann - W. H. H. Piatt - James A. Reed - Ernest R. Sweeney
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1920-1929: Albert I. Beach - Henry M. Beardsley - C. Jasper Bell - William Thomas Bland - George H. Combs, Jr. - Myrtle Cook - James Cowgill - Enoch Herbert Crowder - Mrs. R. J. Curdy - Henry Ide Eager - Bessie M. Elliott - Edgar C. Ellis - Daniel A. Holmes - Charles M. Howell - Mattie Jenkins - Henry L. Jost - W. T. Kemper - C. A. Leedy, Jr. - Mrs. J. W. Lyman - Charles C. Madison - Homer B. Mann - Mrs. R. E. Montgomery - Roscoe C. Patterson - T. J. Pendergast - James A. Reed - E. Mont Reily - Joseph B. Shannon - Mrs. Ralph Swofford - Arba S. Van Valkenburgh - J. Scott Wolff
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1930-1939: James P. Aylward - Albert I. Beach - Henry M. Beardsley - C. Jasper Bell - Henry Ide Eager - Charles M. Howell - Henry L. Jost - C. A. Leedy, Jr. - Homer B. Mann - Joseph B. Shannon
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1940-1949: James P. Aylward - Kitty Barns - C. R. Benton - William G. Boatright - Richard Bolling - Justin D. Bowersock - Maude Brewer - Hazel Campbell - Bertha H. Cothern - J. F. Crow - Ilus W. Davis - Hall DeWeese - Henry Ide Eager - Frank R. English - Frederick W. Eyssell - Tom Fitzgerald - Etta P. Gallagher - J. Monroe Gillmore, Sr. - Peter C. Goossens - Audrey Gunn - Opal W. Hibdon - Fred Hildebrand - Frances Hink - Floyd E. Jacobs - Edgar J. Keating - James P. Kem - Herman H. Langworthy - C. A. Leedy, Jr. - Charles L. Madison - Homer B. Mann - Louis J. Mazuch - Frank McCabe - Henry McKissick - Orville McPherson - Isabel K. Miller - Mervin T. Miller - Thomas P. Moran - Tim Moran - D. M. Nigro - Ben Nordberg - Terrence O'Brien - John T. Opie - Nelle Byrd Otto - Mrs. Clella Peak - James M. Pendergast - J. A. Purdome - Albert L. Reeves - Albert L. Reeves, Jr. - Elsa M. Ripley - Edward L. Scheufler - Ralph E. Seaton - W. Capon Shank - Frank P. Shannon - Joseph B. Shannon - Roger C. Slaughter - Mrs. J. H. States - Ione Stone - Helen C. Stubbs - Theron B. Watkins - Paul G. Winans
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1950-1959: Ann Adams - Verna Anderson - James P. Aylward - H. Roe Bartle - Charles B. Blackmar - Richard Bolling - Anna Brown - Ella Campbell - Ilus W. Davis - Manvel H. Davis - Henry Ide Eager - Stanley R. Fike - Thomas J. Gavin - Bernard W. Gnefkow - Audrey Gunn - Inghram D. Hook - William E. Kemp - Evelyn F. Layson - C. A. Leedy, Jr. - Edward D. McCarty - Henry McKissick - Tim Moran - Donald C. Nielson - Hazel Patch - James M. Pendergast - Ralph Perry - Agnes Small - Frank J. Tallman - Julio H. Valdés - Rosa M. Valdés
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1960-1969: Edward F. Aylward - J. P. Aylward, Jr. - H. Roe Bartle - M. E. 'Charlie' Bauer - J. B. Bell - Robert W. Berrey III - Richard Bolling - Carl O. Brandwein - Dutton Brookfield - John Capell - Stanley P. Christopher III - Ilus W. Davis - Morris D. Duncan - Richard A. Erickson - John L. Fitzgerald - John R. Fitzgerald - T. J. Gallagher - M. C. Gordon - Kenneth L. Growney - Gertrude Haugh - Georgeanne Hedges - Alice M. Hilleson - Harold L. Holliday - John Paul Jones - Leon M. Jordan - John R. Kupfer - Robert B. Langworthy - Clarence Lutgen - Helen Maggio - Frank C. Mazzuca - Henry McKissick - Ermal M. Miller - William F. Moore - Tim Moran - Harold A. Ozburn - James M. Pendergast - William C. Phelps - Hunter Phillips - Robert Phillips - Millie Presta - Josephine S. Rempfer - Frank W. Robertson - Henry Ross - Thomas F. Ryan - Walter W. Salisbury, Sr. - Phillip P. Scaglia
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1970-1979: Richard L. Berkley - Robert W. Berrey IV - Emanuel Cleaver - Joanne Collins - Georgeanne Hedges - Ray S. James - Duncan Kincheloe III - Sharlene Krenkel - Zeke Ramsey - John B. Spence - Michael J. Svetlic - Charles B. Wheeler, Jr. - Marybelle Wnuk
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1980-1989: Richard L. Berkley - Christopher S. Bond - Emanuel Cleaver - E. Thomas Coleman - Joanne Collins - Annette Morgan - Alan D. Wheat
  • Lived in Kansas City, 1990-1999: Emanuel Cleaver - Karen McCarthy - Annette Morgan
  • Lived in Kansas City, 2000-2008: Kay Barnes - D. Brook Bartlett - Craig Bland - Mark Bryant - Carl Calcara - Valerie Chow - Juanita Clarke - Emanuel Cleaver - Velda Cook - Darrell Curls - Donna Cushman - Ann Dickinson - Jo Keatley - Raquel Martinez - Karen McCarthy - Hila Newman - Katharine Porter - Nelson Thompson - Yvonne Wilson
• Lake Lotawana: Leila Cohoon - James W. Shaffer
• Lee's Summit: Joe Hudson - Oliver Houx Lewis - W. R. McKee, Jr. - Laurel Morton - Ralph A. Powell - Lyle Querry - Sandra Querry - Gene H. Rhodes - Shirley Simmons
• Raytown: Robert Frank - Doug Hall - Robert A. Merrill - J. Luther Robinson - James L. Williams
• Sugar Creek: Alex M. Petrovic
• Westport: James Yeager
• See also Mo. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in Jackson County

• No city given: Simon Cockrell 1835
• Independence: John Taylor Hughes 1862 John T. Crisp 1903 Joseph Wayne Mercer 1906 William J. Randall 2000
• Near Independence: James S. Calhoun 1852
• Kansas City: George Caleb Bingham 1879 Abram Comingo 1889 John L. MacDonald 1903 William Henry Craddock 1904 Thomas Theodore Crittenden 1909 Nathaniel Barnes 1910 William R. Brown 1916 William Warner 1916 Alexander Caldwell 1917 John C. Tarsney 1920 Charles G. Burton 1926 Walter Halben Butler 1931 Perl D. Decker 1934 Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Jr. 1938 Albert I. Beach 1939 Ralph F. Lozier 1945 Thomas Hackney 1946 George H. Hodges 1947 J. Scott Wolff 1958 Frank L. Hagaman 1966 John P. Ryan 1967 William E. Kemp 1968 Frank C. Mazzuca 1969 Jesse Monroe Donaldson 1970 Leon M. Jordan 1970 Harry S. Truman 1972 William Raleigh Hull, Jr. 1977 C. Jasper Bell 1978 Joseph E. Stevens, Jr. 1998 Robert F. Bennett 2000 D. Brook Bartlett 2000 Annette Morgan 2001 Annie Sweeney Reinhart 2004
• See also Mo. deathplaces not assigned to counties.

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Jackson County

• Blue Springs Blue Springs Cemetery
• Independence Mt. Washington Cemetery
• Independence Truman Presidential Library and Museum
• Independence Woodlawn Cemetery
• Kansas City Calvary Cemetery
• Kansas City Elmwood Cemetery
• Kansas City Forest Hill Cemetery
• Kansas City Mt. Moriah Cemetery
• Kansas City Mt. Moriali Cemetery
• Kansas City Mt. St. Mary's Cemetery
• Kansas City Mt. Washington Cemetery
• Kansas City St. Mary's Cemetery
• Kansas City Union Cemetery
• Kansas City Westport Cemetery
• Lee's Summit Lee's Summit Cemetery
• Oak Grove Oak Grove Cemetery
• Raytown Brooking Cemetery

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Politicians buried here:

• Charles Jasper Bell (1885-1978) — also known as C. Jasper Bell — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; Blue Springs, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Lake City, Hinsdale County, Colo., January 16, 1885. Son of Thaddeus P. Bell and America Virginia (Palmer) Bell; married, June 15, 1915, to Grace G. Smith. Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 16th Circuit, 1931-34; U.S. Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1935-49. Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Optimist Club; Phi Alpha Delta. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., January 21, 1978. Interment at Blue Springs Cemetery.
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• Joseph Wayne Mercer (1845-1906) — of Independence, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Platte County, Mo., February 25, 1845. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Missouri state treasurer, 1875-77; mayor of Independence, Mo., 1891. Wounded during the Civil War, and lost his right arm. Died in Independence, Jackson County, Mo., March 13, 1906. Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery.
  
  

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• Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) — also known as "Give 'Em Hell Harry" — of Independence, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Lamar, Barton County, Mo., May 8, 1884. Grandnephew of James Chiles; married, June 28, 1919, to Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Wallace. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge in Missouri, 1922-24, 1926-34; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1935-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940, 1944, 1952, 1960; Vice President of the United States, 1945; President of the United States, 1945-53; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1952. Baptist. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; American Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Eagles; Elks; Lambda Chi Alpha; Phi Alpha Delta. Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist group, Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo, tried to shoot their way into Blair House, temporary residence of the President, as part of an attempted assassination, November 1, 1950. Torresola and a guard, Leslie Coffelt, were killed. Collazo, wounded, was arrested, tried, and convicted of murder. Died at Research Hospital and Medical Center, Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., December 26, 1972. Interment at Truman Presidential Library and Museum.
  • Cross-reference: Andrew J. May; Milton Lipson; Samuel I. Rosenman
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books by Harry S. Truman: The Autobiography of Harry S. Truman
  • Books about Harry S. Truman: David McCullough, Truman; Alonzo L. Hamby, Man of the People : A Life of Harry S. Truman; Sean J. Savage, Truman and the Democratic Party; Ken Hechler, Working With Truman : A Personal Memoir of the White House Years; Alan Axelrod, When the Buck Stops With You: Harry S. Truman on Leadership; Ralph Keyes, The Wit and Wisdom of Harry S. Truman
  
  

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• William Joseph Randall (1909-2000) — also known as William J. Randall; Bill Randall — of Independence, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Independence, Jackson County, Mo., July 16, 1909. Son of William R. Randall and Lillie (Bridges) Randall; married, June 17, 1939, to Margaret F. Layden. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; county judge in Missouri, 1946-59; U.S. Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1959-77. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Elks; Moose; Optimist Club; Phi Kappa Psi. Died, at Independence Regional Health Center, Independence, Jackson County, Mo., July 7, 2000. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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• Samuel Hughes Woodson (1815-1881) — also known as Samuel H. Woodson — of Independence, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Kentucky, 1815. Son of Samuel Hughes Woodson (1777-1827). Delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 25th District, 1845-46; member of Missouri state legislature; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1857-61. Died in 1881. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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• Samuel Locke Sawyer (1813-1890) — of Missouri. Born in New Hampshire, November 27, 1813. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1879-81. Died March 29, 1890. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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• James Chiles (1802-1883) — of Missouri. Born in Clark County, Ky., August 14, 1802. Granduncle of Harry S. Truman. Member of Missouri state senate. Died in Grayson (unknown county), Tex., March 23, 1883. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  
• John Taylor Hughes (1817-1862) — of Missouri. Born in Woodford County, Ky., July 25, 1817. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1854; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. While leading his troops, was killed in battle at Independence, Jackson County, Mo., August 11, 1862. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  
  

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• Charles Evans Whittaker (1901-1973) — Born in Troy, Doniphan County, Kan., February 22, 1901. Judge of U.S. District Court, 1954-56; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1956-57; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1957-62. Methodist. Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon. Died November 26, 1973. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • Books about Charles Evans Whittaker: Richard Lawrence Miller, Whittaker : Struggles of a Supreme Court Justice; Craig Alan Smith, Failing Justice: Charles Evans Whittaker On The Supreme Court
  
  
• Joseph Bernard Shannon (1867-1943) — also known as Joseph B. Shannon — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., March 17, 1867. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1940; Missouri Democratic state chair, 1910; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922-23; U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1931-43 (5th District 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 5th District 1935-43). Died March 28, 1943. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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• William Warner (1840-1916) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Shullsburg, Lafayette County, Wis., June 11, 1840. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1871; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1882-85, 1898-1905; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1885-89; candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1892; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1905-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1908. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., October 4, 1916. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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• William Patterson Borland (1867-1919) — also known as William P. Borland — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., October 14, 1867. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1909-19; died in office 1919. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died near Coblenz (Koblenz), Germany, February 20, 1919. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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• Abram Comingo (1820-1889) — of Missouri. Born near Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., January 9, 1820. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1871-75 (6th District 1871-73, 8th District 1873-75). Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., November 10, 1889. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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• James Johnson Lindley (1822-1891) — of Missouri. Born in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, January 1, 1822. U.S. Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1853-57; state court judge in Missouri, 1871. Died in Nevada, Vernon County, Mo., April 18, 1891. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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• James Cowgill (1848-1922) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in 1848. Missouri state treasurer, 1909-13; mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1918-21. Died January 20, 1922. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Henry Christian Kumpf (1830-1904) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Germany, 1830. Republican. Mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1886-88. German ancestry. Died in 1904. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Thomas Hackney (1861-1946) — of Carthage, Jasper County, Mo. Born near Campbellsville, Giles County, Tenn., December 11, 1861. Democrat. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1901; U.S. Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1907-09; defeated, 1908. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., December 24, 1946. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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• E. M. McGee (1819-1873) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in 1819. Mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1870. Died in 1873. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• John William Reid (1821-1881) — of Missouri. Born in Virginia, 1821. Democrat. Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1861. Died in 1881. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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• Thomas B. Bullene (1828-1894) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y., 1828. Merchant; mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1882. Died in 1894. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Edward H. Allen (1830-1895) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in 1830. Mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1867. Died in 1895. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• E. L. Martin (1842-1912) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in 1842. Mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1873. Died in 1912. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Turner Anderson Gill (1841-1920) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in 1841. Mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1875-76. Died in 1920. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Webster Davis (1862-1923) — also known as Web Davis — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in 1862. Mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1894-95. Died in 1923. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  
• George H. Edwards (1860-1941) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in 1860. Mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1916-17. Died in 1941. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
  
  

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• Thomas Theodore Crittenden (1832-1909) — also known as Tom Crittenden — of Warrensburg, Johnson County, Mo. Born near Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ky., January 1, 1832. Grandson of John Crittenden; nephew of John Jordan Crittenden and Robert Crittenden; father of Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Jr.. Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Missouri state attorney general, 1864-65; U.S. Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1873-75, 1877-79; Governor of Missouri, 1881-85. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., May 29, 1909. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  • See also Crittenden family of Kentucky
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• Waldo Porter Johnson (1817-1885) — also known as Waldo P. Johnson — of Missouri. Born in Bridgeport, Harrison County, Va. (now W.Va.), September 16, 1817. Nephew of Joseph Johnson. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1847; state court judge in Missouri, 1851; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Senator from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 15th District, 1875. Expelled from the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over his support for secession. Died in Osceola, St. Clair County, Mo., August 14, 1885. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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• Harold Roe Bennett Sturdevant Bartle (1901-1974) — also known as H. Roe Bartle; "Chief" — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in 1901. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1955-63. Executive with the Boy Scouts of America. Died in 1974. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• Mason Summers Peters (1844-1914) — also known as Mason S. Peters — of Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kan. Born near Kearney, Clay County, Mo., September 3, 1844. U.S. Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1897-99. Died February 14, 1914. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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• Walter Halben Butler (1852-1931) — of Iowa. Born in Springboro, Crawford County, Pa., February 13, 1852. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1891-93. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., April 24, 1931. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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• Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Jr. (1863-1938) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born near Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., December 23, 1863. Great-grandson of John Crittenden; grandnephew of John Jordan Crittenden and Robert Crittenden; son of Thomas Theodore Crittenden. Jackson County Clerk, 1894-1900; mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1908-10. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., July 31, 1938. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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• Theodore Leonard Irving (1898-1962) — also known as Leonard Irving — of Independence, Jackson County, Mo. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., March 24, 1898. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1949-53. Congregationalist. Member, Eagles. Died in 1962. Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
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• Henry Lee Jost (1873-1950) — also known as Henry L. Jost — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 6, 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1912-16; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1923-25. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Ancient Order of United Workmen. Died July 13, 1950. Interment at Mt. Moriali Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Roger C. Slaughter
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• John Charles Tarsney (1845-1920) — also known as John C. Tarsney — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Medina, Lenawee County, Mich., November 7, 1845. Brother of Mary E. Tarsney (who married Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock), Anna Elizabeth Tarsney (who married George William Weadock) and Timothy Edward Tarsney; uncle of George Leo Weadock; granduncle of George William Weadock II. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1889-96; justice of Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1896-99. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., September 4, 1920. Interment at Mt. St. Mary's Cemetery.
  • See also Weadock-Tarsney family of Michigan
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• James Alexander Reed (1861-1944) — also known as James A. Reed — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born near Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, November 9, 1861. Son of John A. Reed and Nancy Reed; married, August 1, 1887, to Lura M. Olmsted (died 1932); married, December 13, 1933, to Nell Q. Donnelly. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1908; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1911-29; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1928, 1932. Died in Fairview, Oscoda County, Mich., September 8, 1944. Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery.
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• John Finis Philips (1834-1919) — of Georgetown, Pettis County, Mo.; Sedalia, Pettis County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Thralls Prairie, Boone County, Mo., December 31, 1834. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1861; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1868; mayor of Sedalia, Mo.; U.S. Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1875-77, 1880-81; Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, 1885-88; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1888-1910. Died in Hot Springs, Garland County, Ark., March 13, 1919. Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery.
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• Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916) — also known as Robert T. Van Horn — of Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in East Mahoning, Indiana County, Pa., May 19, 1824. Republican. Lawyer; postmaster; newspaper editor; mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1861; member of Missouri state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864, 1868, 1872, 1876, 1880, 1884; U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1865-71, 1881-83, 1896-97 (6th District 1865-71, 8th District 1881-83, 5th District 1896-97); member of Republican National Committee from Missouri, 1872-74, 1884; Missouri Republican state chair, 1874-76. Died in Evanston Station, Clay County, Mo., January 3, 1916. Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery.
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• William Allen Coy (c.1836-1912) — of Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kan. Born in Portage County, Ohio. Republican. Mayor of Kansas City, Kan., 1889-91. Died March 27, 1912. Interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• John Lewis MacDonald (1838-1903) — also known as John L. MacDonald — of Shakopee, Scott County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn.; Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, February 22, 1838. Lawyer; probate judge in Minnesota, 1860-61; member of Minnesota state house of representatives 18th District, 1869-70; member of Minnesota state senate, 1871, 1873-76 (18th District 1871, 21st District 1873-76); candidate for Minnesota state attorney general, 1872 (Democratic), 1892 (People's); district judge in Minnesota, 1877-87; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1887-89; defeated, 1888. Died from injuries received in a streetcar accident in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., July 13, 1903. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Politicians buried here:

• James S. Calhoun (1802-1852) — of Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga. Born in 1802. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830; mayor of Columbus, Ga., 1838-39; member of Georgia state senate, 1838-40, 1845; U.S. Consul in Havana, 1841-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of New Mexico Territory, 1851-52; died in office 1852. Died near Independence, Jackson County, Mo., July 2, 1852. Interment at Union Cemetery.
  
  
• Luke Lea (1783-1851) — of Tennessee. Born in Surry County, N.C., January 21, 1783. Brother of Pryor Lea; great-grandfather of Luke Lea (1879-1945). U.S. Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1833-37; secretary of state of Tennessee, 1835-39. Died June 17, 1851. Original interment at Westport Cemetery; reinterment at Union Cemetery.
  • See also Lea family of Tennessee
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• John Manor (1829-1888) — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. Born May 25, 1829. Mayor of Toledo, Ohio, 1861-63. Died January 29, 1888. Interment at Union Cemetery.
  
  
• George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) — of Missouri. Born in Augusta County, Va., March 20, 1811. Member of Missouri state legislature, 1848; Missouri state treasurer, 1862-65. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., July 7, 1879. Interment at Union Cemetery.
  
  
• John T. Crisp (1848-1903) — of Missouri. Born near Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C., 1848. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri state house of representatives. Died in Independence, Jackson County, Mo., April 21, 1903. Interment at Union Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• Luke Lea (1783-1851) — of Tennessee. Born in Surry County, N.C., January 21, 1783. Brother of Pryor Lea; great-grandfather of Luke Lea (1879-1945). U.S. Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1833-37; secretary of state of Tennessee, 1835-39. Died June 17, 1851. Original interment at Westport Cemetery; reinterment at Union Cemetery.
  • See also Lea family of Tennessee
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Politicians buried here:

• William Strother Cowherd (1860-1915) — also known as William S. Cowherd — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born near Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Mo., September 1, 1860. Democrat. Mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1892; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1897-1905; candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1908. Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 20, 1915. Interment at Lee's Summit Cemetery.
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• Oliver Houx Lewis (1847-1916) — of Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Independence, Jackson County, Mo., March 16, 1847. Mayor of Lee's Summit, Mo.. Died September 7, 1916. Interment at Lee's Summit Cemetery.
  
  
• Todd Menzies George (1879-1979) — of Missouri. Born in Woodford County, Ky., February 26, 1879. Mayor of Lee's Summit, Mo., 1916, 1928, 1930-31. Died November 22, 1979. Interment at Lee's Summit Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Charles D. Capelle (1882-1939) — of Independence, Jackson County, Mo. Born August 5, 1882. Mayor of Independence, Mo., 1922-24; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1933-34. Died May 14, 1939. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Alvan Brooking (1796-1857) — of Missouri. Born March 7, 1796. County judge in Missouri, 1842-48; member of Missouri state senate, 1850-54. Died November 30, 1857. Interment at Brooking Cemetery.
  
  

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872