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Richard J. Rabbitt (b. 1935) —
also known as Dick Rabbitt —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
30, 1935.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 8th District,
1961-67.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 1967.
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Henry Thomas Rainey (1860-1934) —
also known as Henry T. Rainey —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.
Born in Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill., August
20, 1860.
Son of John Rainey (1815-1887) and Catherine 'Kate' (Thomas) Rainey
(1838-1934).
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1903-21, 1923-34;
defeated, 1920; died in office 1934; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1933-34; died in office 1934; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920,
1924,
1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
19, 1934 (age 73 years, 364
days).
Interment at Carrollton
Cemetery, Carrollton, Ill.
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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.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
county judge in Missouri, 1946-59; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1956;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1959-77.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Optimist
Club; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died, at Independence Regional Health
Center, Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., July 7,
2000 (age 90 years, 357
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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David Rea (1831-1901) —
of Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.
Born in Indiana, 1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1875-79.
Died in Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo., June 13,
1901 (age about 69
years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Savannah, Mo.
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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.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1900; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1912
(speaker),
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1911-29; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1928,
1932.
Died in Fairview, Oscoda
County, Mich., September
8, 1944 (age 82 years, 304
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Ronald S. Reed, Jr. (b. 1932) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., September
11, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 2nd District;
elected 1964; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1977-81.
Still living as of 1981.
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Albert L. Reeves (b. 1873) —
of Steelville, Crawford
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Steelville, Crawford
County, Mo., December
21, 1873.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Reeves and Margaret Ellen (Isgrig) Reeves.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1901-02; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1923-.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Lee Reeves, Jr. (1906-1987) —
also known as Albert L. Reeves, Jr. —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Steelville, Crawford
County, Mo., May 31,
1906.
Son of Albert
L. Reeves and Martha (Ferguson) Reeves.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Pi
Kappa Delta; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., April 15,
1987 (age 80 years, 319
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Francis Church, Pauma Valley, Calif.
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Marion Edwards Rhodes (1868-1928) —
also known as Marion E. Rhodes —
of Potosi, Washington
County, Mo.
Born near Glenallen, Bollinger
County, Mo., January
4, 1868.
Son of Robert Rhodes and Georgia (Floyd) Rhodes.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Washington
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1900-04; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1902-04; member of Missouri
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1905-07, 1919-23;
defeated, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1908.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in 1928
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Potosi, Mo.
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Sidney Crain Roach (1876-1934) —
also known as Sidney C. Roach —
of Linn Creek, Camden
County, Mo.
Born in Linn Creek, Camden
County, Mo., 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1921-25.
Died in 1934
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Roach
Cemetery, Roach, Mo.
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William A. Robards (1816-1851) —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born in Jessamine
County, Ky., 1816.
Lawyer; Missouri
state attorney general, 1849-51; died in office 1851.
Died September
3, 1851 (age about 35
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Thomas Rogers (b. 1873) —
also known as Alfred T. Rogers —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., May 18,
1873.
Son of John Rogers and Martha (McBride) Rogers.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1908-24.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Tau Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Milton Andrew Romjue (1874-1968) —
also known as Milton A. Romjue —
of Macon, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Love Lake, Macon
County, Mo., December
5, 1874.
Son of Andrew Jackson Romjue and Susan E. (Roan) Romjue.
Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in Missouri, 1907-15; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1917-21, 1923-43 (1st District
1917-21, 1923-33, at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-43); defeated,
1920, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1928.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Macon, Macon
County, Mo., January
23, 1968 (age 93 years, 49
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Macon, Mo.
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James Theodore Ronald (1855-1950) —
also known as James T. Ronald —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Caledonia, Washington
County, Mo., April 8,
1855.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1892-94; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1900; superior court
judge in Washington, 1909-49.
Died, from influenza,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
27, 1950 (age 95 years, 263
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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V. C. Rose (b. 1902) —
of Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo.
Born near Glenwood, Schuyler
County, Mo., July 6,
1902.
Republican. Lawyer; Putnam
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28, 1935-38; circuit judge in
Missouri 3rd Circuit, 1939-55.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Joel Rothman (b. 1935) —
also known as Kenneth J. Rothman —
of University City, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
11, 1935.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1963-80; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1981-85.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Alpha Mu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1993.
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William Waller Rucker (1855-1936) —
also known as William W. Rucker —
of Keytesville, Chariton
County, Mo.
Born near Covington, Alleghany
County, Va., February
1, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chariton
County Prosecuting Attorney; circuit judge in Missouri, 1892-98;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1899-1923.
Died in 1936
(age about
81 years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Keytesville, Mo.
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Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westerville, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., October
21, 1855.
Son of Rev. Joseph A. Russell and Sarah (Parker) Russell.
Lawyer; Adams
County Superintendent of Schools, 1878-84; minister;
founder (1895) and national superintendent (1895-1903) of the
Anti-Saloon League; Dry candidate for delegate to
Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died June 30,
1946 (age 90 years, 252
days).
Interment at Otterbein
Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio.
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William Hepburn Russell (b. 1857) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., May 17,
1857.
Son of Daniel L. Russell and Matilda (Richmond) Russell.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; general attorney, Louisville, New Albany
and Chicago Railroad;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1892.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial
location unknown.
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Maurice Schecter (1904-2001) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Creve Coeur, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 27,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1935-40; member of Missouri
state senate 13th District, 1961-76.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in Missouri Baptist Medical
Center, Town and Country, St. Louis
County, Mo., January
31, 2001 (age 96 years, 218
days).
Interment at Chesed
Shel Emeth Cemetery No. 2, Creve Coeur, Mo.
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Carl Schurz (1829-1906) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; St.
Louis, Mo.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt), Germany,
March
2, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1869-75; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.
German
ancestry.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1906 (age 77 years, 73
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue at Morningside
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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George Blaine Schwabe (1886-1952) —
also known as George B. Schwabe —
of Nowata, Nowata
County, Okla.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Arthur, Vernon
County, Mo., July 26,
1886.
Son of George Washington Schwabe and Emily Ellen (Mose) Schwabe.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1918-22; Speaker of
the Oklahoma State House of Representatives, 1921-22; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1920
(alternate), 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1945-49, 1951-52;
defeated, 1948; died in office 1952.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., April 2,
1952 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Okla.
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Andrew Scott (1789-1851) —
of Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., August 6,
1789.
Lawyer; justice of
Arkansas territorial supreme court, 1819-25; member of Arkansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1831.
Scottish
ancestry.
Killed Joseph
Selden, another Arkansas Territory judge, in a duel
on an island in the Mississippi River near Helena, Ark., May 26, 1824.
Died in Norristown, Pope
County, Ark., March 13,
1851 (age 61 years, 219
days).
Original interment at Dover
Cemetery, Pope County, Ark.; reinterment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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John Scott (1785-1861) —
of Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., May 18,
1785.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1814-17; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1816-17, 1817-21; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. Genevieve
County, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1821-27.
Died in Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo., October
1, 1861 (age 76 years, 136
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Franklin Shafroth (1854-1922) —
also known as John F. Shafroth —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., June 9,
1854.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1895-1904; resigned
1904; Governor of
Colorado, 1909-13; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1913-19; defeated (Democratic), 1918.
Died February
20, 1922 (age 67 years, 256
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Arnold Shanklin (b. 1866) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo., January
29, 1866.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul General in Panama, 1905-09; Mexico City, 1909-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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George F. Shannon (c.1785-1836) —
also known as "Peg Leg" —
of St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo.
Born in a log
cabin in Washington
County, Pa., about 1785.
Youngest member of the Lewis
and Clark
expedition, 1804-06; lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1820-24; circuit judge in
Kentucky; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1829-34.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Wounded in a skirmish with Indians in 1807 and lost a
leg. Shannon's Creek, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, is
named
for him.
Died, in a hotel at
Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo., August
30, 1836 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Massey
Mill Cemetery, Near Palmyra, Marion County, Mo.
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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
(member, Credentials
Committee), 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 (age 76 years, 11
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Stratton Shartel (1895-1956) —
of Missouri.
Born in Nevada, Vernon
County, Mo., 1895.
Son of Cassius
McLean Shartel.
Republican. Lawyer; Missouri
state attorney general, 1928-33.
Southern
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died February
2, 1956 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo.
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Samuel Azariah Shelton (1858-1948) —
also known as Samuel A. Shelton —
of Marshfield, Webster
County, Mo.
Born in Lauderdale
County, Ala., 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 16th District, 1921-23.
Died in 1948
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Marshfield
Cemetery, Marshfield, Mo.
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Fred N. Six (b. 1929) —
of Kansas.
Born in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., April 20,
1929.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 1987-88; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1988-.
Member, Order of the
Coif; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2002.
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Isaac Newton Skelton IV (b. 1931) —
also known as Ike Skelton —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.; Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.; Blue Springs, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., December
20, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate, 1971-77; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1977-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Lions; Elks; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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Roger Caldwell Slaughter (1905-1974) —
also known as Roger C. Slaughter —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born near Odessa, Lafayette
County, Mo., July 17,
1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; read law in the office of Henry
L. Jost; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1943-47; county judge
in Missouri, 1972.
Died near Odessa, Lafayette
County, Mo., June 2,
1974 (age 68 years, 320
days).
Interment at Greenton
Cemetery, Odessa, Mo.
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Alonzo William Slayback (1838-1882) —
also known as Alonzo W. Slayback —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born July 4,
1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1876;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1876.
Member, Elks.
Shot
and killed by
John Cockerill, editor of the Post-Dispatch newspaper, in St.
Louis, Mo., October
13, 1882 (age 44 years, 101
days). Cockerill pleaded self-defense and was not indicted by the
grand jury.
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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Charles Hughey Small (b. 1880) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
2, 1880.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Bogotá, 1910-11; Guatemala City, 1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Smith (b. 1905) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
7, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County, 1935-38;
member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1939-46.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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R. Jasper Smith (b. 1908) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Campbell, Dunklin
County, Mo., July 25,
1908.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate, 1943-52 (20th District 1943-46, 30th District
1947-52).
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Talbot Smith (1899-1978) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., October
11, 1899.
Son of Franklin Campbell Smith and Mary (Majors) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1955-61; defeated, 1953; appointed
1955; resigned 1961; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Died, of heart
disease, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
21, 1978 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Cremated.
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William Jennings Smith (c.1909-2000) —
also known as William J. Smith —
of Arkansas.
Born in Sturgeon, Boone
County, Mo., about 1909.
Lawyer; advisor to five Arkansas governors; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1958.
Methodist.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., May 2,
2000 (age about 91
years).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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John Berchmans Sullivan (1897-1951) —
also known as John B. Sullivan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., October
10, 1897.
Son of Patrick Francis Sullivan and Catherine Margaret (Rochford)
Sullivan.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1941-43, 1945-47,
1949-51; defeated, 1942, 1946; died in office 1951.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Arbitration Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1951 (age 53 years, 111
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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William P. Sullivan (1870-1925) —
of Billings, Christian
County, Mo.
Born in Wisconsin, June 3,
1870.
Son of John Sullivan and Angenette 'Nettie' (Glidden) Sullivan.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1899-1900; member of Missouri
state senate 19th District, 1901-05; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1916.
Convicted
in 1905 of accepting a
bribe while serving as State Senator, and fined
$100.
Died suddenly, from heart
failure, in Billings, Christian
County, Mo., April 17,
1925 (age 54 years, 318
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Billings, Mo.
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James Matthes Talent (b. 1956) —
also known as James M. Talent; Jim Talent —
of Chesterfield, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
18, 1956.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1985-92; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1993-2001; candidate
for Governor of
Missouri, 2000; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 2002-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 2004,
2008.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Albertus Tawney (1855-1919) —
also known as James A. Tawney —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Mt. Pleasant Township, Adams
County, Pa., January
3, 1855.
Republican. Blacksmith;
machinist;
lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 15th District, 1891-95; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1893-1911.
Died in Excelsior Springs, Clay
County, Mo., June 12,
1919 (age 64 years, 160
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Winona, Minn.
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Jonathan E. Taylor (b. 1906) —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., November
26, 1906.
Son of John H. Taylor and Dora Irene (Blackburn) Taylor.
Democrat. Lawyer; Missouri
state attorney general, 1945-53.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allison Garnett Thompson (b. 1892) —
also known as A. Garnett Thompson —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Lawson, Ray
County, Mo., August
11, 1892.
Son of Ernest Thompson and Jimmie (Graves) Thompson.
Democrat. Lawyer; vice-president, Bank of
Dunbar; director, radio
station WTIP; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1942; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1950-53;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1960;
chair
of Kanawha County Democratic Party, 1968-70.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jasper Napoleon Tincher (1878-1951) —
also known as J. N. Tincher —
of Medicine Lodge, Barber
County, Kan.
Born in Sullivan
County, Mo., November
2, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Kansas 7th District, 1919-27.
Died in 1951
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Hutchinson, Kan.
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Daniel W. Twichell (d. 1901) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Scio Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Republican. Lawyer; Washtenaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1862; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1876.
Died April 1,
1901.
Burial
location unknown.
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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; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Missouri District, 1879.
Died in Evanston Station, Clay
County, Mo., January
3, 1916 (age 91 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh (1862-1944) —
also known as Arba S. Van Valkenburgh —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
22, 1862.
Son of Lawrence Van Valkenburgh and Sarah A. (Seymour) Van
Valkenburgh.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1905-10; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1910-.
Unitarian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1944
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Lee Volkmer (b. 1931) —
also known as Harold L. Volkmer —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Born in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., April 4,
1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marion
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1960-66; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1967-76; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1977-97; defeated,
1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Steve Vossmeyer (1944-2001) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March 14,
1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Thomas
F. Eagleton, 1969-72; member of Missouri
state house of representatives 86th District, 1973-82.
Died, of cancer, in
St.
Louis, Mo., March 9,
2001 (age 56 years, 360
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Richard Waddill (1842-1917) —
of Missouri.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., November
22, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Greene
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1874-76; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1879-81; mining
business.
Died in Deming, Luna
County, N.M., June 14,
1917 (age 74 years, 204
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Deming, N.M.
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Cyrus Packard Walbridge (1849-1921) —
also known as Cyrus P. Walbridge —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Madrid, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., July 20,
1849.
Son of Orlo Judson Walbridge (1814-1880) and Althea Maria (Packard)
Walbridge.
Republican. Carpenter;
lawyer; druggist; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1893-97; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1896.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 1,
1921 (age 71 years, 285
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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James H. Webb (b. 1946) —
also known as Jim Webb —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., February
9, 1946.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
lawyer; author; screenwriter;
journalist;
U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1987-88; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 2008.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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William Hedgcock Webster (b. 1924) —
also known as William H. Webster —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March 6,
1924.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1959-61; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1970-73; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1973-78; director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1978-87; director of Central
Intelligence, 1987-91.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1991.
Still living as of 2009.
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William L. Webster (b. 1953) —
of Jasper
County, Mo.
Born September
17, 1953.
Son of Richard
M. Webster.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1981-84; Missouri
state attorney general, 1985-93; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1992.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Pleaded
guilty in 1993 to embezzlement
and conspiracy, and sentenced
to two years in prison.
Still living as of 1993.
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Ray Weightman (b. 1898) —
of Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.
Born in Mound City, Holt
County, Mo., August
26, 1898.
Son of W. H. Weightman and Eliza Weightman.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Holt
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-29; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II; circuit judge in Missouri 4th Circuit, 1947-55.
Methodist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joe Welborn (1915-2000) —
of Bloomfield, Stoddard
County, Mo.
Born in 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1952.
Died in 2000
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Bloomfield
Cemetery, Bloomfield, Mo.
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John Welborn (1857-1907) —
of Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.
Born near Aullville, Lafayette
County, Mo., November
20, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1905-07.
Died in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., October
27, 1907 (age 49 years, 341
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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Charles B. Wheeler, Jr. —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Democrat. Lawyer; physician;
mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1971-79; member of Missouri
state senate 10th District, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Joseph M. White (1781-1839) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1781.
Lawyer; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1820; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1825-37.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
19, 1839 (age 58 years, 162
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sebastian Harrison White (1864-1945) —
also known as S. Harrison White —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Maries
County, Mo., December
24, 1864.
Son of Jonah W. White and Cloa Ann (Reader) White.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; District Attorney, 10th District,
1904-08; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1909-19; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1927-29; defeated,
1928.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., December
21, 1945 (age 80 years, 362
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Xenophon Pierce Wilfley (1871-1931) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Audrain
County, Mo., March 18,
1871.
Son of James Frank Wilfley and Sarah (Pindall) Wilfley.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1918; appointed 1918.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1931
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, St. Louis County, Mo.
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Clyde Williams (1873-1954) —
of Hillsboro, Jefferson
County, Mo.
Born in Jefferson
County, Mo., October
13, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1927-29, 1931-43 (13th District
1927-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 8th District 1935-43); defeated,
1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Died in 1954
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Hillsboro
Cemetery, Hillsboro, Mo.
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Joseph Scott Wolff (1878-1958) —
also known as J. Scott Wolff —
of Festus, Jefferson
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born near Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., June 14,
1878.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; dentist;
lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1913-15; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1923-25.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
27, 1958 (age 79 years, 258
days).
Interment at Gamel
Cemetery, Festus, Mo.
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George Lemuel Woods (1832-1890) —
also known as George L. Woods —
Born in Boone
County, Mo., July 30,
1832.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Idaho territorial supreme court, 1865-66; Governor of
Oregon, 1866-70; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1871-75.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
7, 1890 (age 57 years, 161
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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John McDowell Woodson (b. 1834) —
also known as John M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., June 5,
1834.
Son of David
Meade Woodson and Lucy Nash (McDowell) Woodson.
Engineer;
lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Greene County, 1862;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1867-69; attorney for several railroads.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Hughes Woodson (1815-1881) —
also known as Samuel H. Woodson —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Jessamine
County, Ky., 1815.
Son of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1779-1827) and Anna (Randolph) Woodson.
Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 25th District,
1845-46; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1857-61; circuit judge
in Missouri.
Died in 1881
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Silas Woodson (1819-1896) —
of Knox
County, Ky.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., May 18,
1819.
Son of Wade Netherland Woodson and Alice (Chick) Woodson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1842, 1853-55; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; secretary of
state of Missouri, 1860-70; Governor of
Missouri, 1873-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1876;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1881-96.
Protestant;
later Catholic.
Died October
9, 1896 (age 77 years, 144
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Relatives: Third
cousin once removed of Frederick
Bates, James
Woodson Bates and Edward
Bates; first cousin of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1779-1827); son of Wade Netherland Woodson and
Alice (Chick) Woodson; first cousin once removed of Tucker
Woodson, David
Meade Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); married, September
13, 1842, to Mary Jane McRoberts (1825-1845); married, July 27,
1846, to Olivia Adams (1828-1856); married, December
27, 1866, to Virginia Juliet Lard (1846-1907); third cousin twice
removed of Daniel
Woodson and John
Archibald Woodson; first cousin twice removed of John
McDowell Woodson; third cousin thrice removed of James
Alexander Woodson and Urey
Woodson. See Woodson
family of Kentucky. |
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Governors Association biography |
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Son of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot
Dome scandal of the 1920s.
The champion racehorse "Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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Orville Zimmerman (1880-1948) —
of Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo.
Born near Glenallen, Bollinger
County, Mo., December
31, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1935-48; died in
office 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1948 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Kennett, Mo.
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