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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) —
also known as "Old Bullion" —
of Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., March
14, 1782.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1809; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; Benton
Democrat candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1856.
Fought a duel
with Andrew
Jackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, he
caused a scandal
with his attempt to assault
Sen. Henry
Stuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;
he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in his
hand and undoubtedly would have shot him.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
10, 1858 (age 76 years, 27
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John Bullock Clark (1802-1885) —
also known as John B. Clark —
of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., April
17, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; Howard
County Court Clerk, 1824-34; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Black Hawk War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1857-61; expelled
1861; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1860;
expelled
from Congress in July 1861 for having taken
up arms against the union; Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Senator
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., October
29, 1885 (age 83 years, 195
days).
Interment at Fayette
City Cemetery, Fayette, Mo.
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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.
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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Osceola, St. Clair
County, Mo., August
14, 1885 (age 67 years, 332
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Trusten Polk (1811-1876) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Bridgeville, Sussex
County, Del., May 29,
1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 28th District,
1845-46; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; Governor of
Missouri, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1857-62; expelled 1862; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over his support
for secession.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
16, 1876 (age 64 years, 323
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Joshua Chilton (1818-1862) —
of Shannon
County, Mo.
Born in Wayne
County, Tenn., September
28, 1818.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Shannon County, 1846-55;
member of Missouri
state senate 24th District, 1860-61.
Member, Freemasons.
Arrested
by Union troops as an alleged Southern
sympathizer, and while a prisoner,
was shot and
killed,
near Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., August
28, 1862 (age 43 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter R. Morrissey (1859-1895) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St. Louis
County, Mo., August
14, 1859.
Democrat. Saloon
keeper; arrested
in December 1886 on federal charges
of vote
fraud; found
guilty in April 1887, but released because the indictment did not
specify that the ballots were for a federal office; indicted
again soon after, but the charges were dropped in November; indicted
for naturalization
fraud in 1889, but not convicted; member of Missouri
state senate 31st District, 1893-95; died in office 1895.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
While in bed, he was shot
twice with his own pistol, and killed,
by his mistress,
Maud Lewis, in her "house of ill
repute", in St.
Louis, Mo., May 13,
1895 (age 35 years, 272
days). After a dramatic and highly publicized trial, Maud Lewis
was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to fifteen years
in prison; she was pardoned by Gov. Lon
Vest Stephens in January 1901.
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John M. Lingle (1843-1889) —
of Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 2,
1843.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Webb
City, Mo., 1885-89.
After being threatened with criminal
prosecution for allegedly misappropriating
funds as postmaster, he stepped out the back door of the post
office, and killed
himself by gunshot,
in Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo., January
4, 1889 (age 45 years, 277
days).
Interment at Webb
City Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.
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Edward T. Noland (d. 1926) —
of Jackson
County, Mo.
Democrat. Missouri
state treasurer, 1889-90; resigned 1890.
In March 1890, following reports of his drunkenness
and gambling,
his accounts were investigated;
a shortage
of about $32,000 was discovered; suspended
from office as state treasurer, and resigned
a few days later; arrested
soon after, and charged with embezzlement;
tried in 1891, and ultimately convicted
and sentenced to two years in prison.
Died June 26,
1926.
Burial location unknown.
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James Lawrence Blair (1854-1904) —
also known as James L. Blair —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 2,
1854.
Lawyer;
president, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, 1884; general
counsel, St. Louis World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition),
1901-03; indicted
in December, 1903, for forgery
of two deeds of trust to obtain
a loan from an estate he managed.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, either from suicide
(which he had attempted at least twice before) or from "congestion of
the brain", in Eustis, Lake
County, Fla., January
16, 1904 (age 49 years, 289
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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William P. Sullivan (1870-1925) —
of Billings, Christian
County, Mo.
Born in Wisconsin, June 3,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Christian County, 1899-1900;
member of Missouri
state senate 19th District, 1901-04; 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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Relatives: Son
of John Sullivan and Angenette 'Nettie' (Glidden) Sullivan; married
to Alice Virginia Reid. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert Green Crow (1883-1942) —
also known as Robert G. Crow; Bob Crow —
of Caruthersville, Pemiscot
County, Mo.
Born in Scott
County, Mo., December
24, 1883.
Republican. Insurance
agent; postmaster at Caruthersville,
Mo., 1909-14; indicted
in October 1915 on federal charges of revealing
information from the federal civil service examination, to help his
half-brother, James L. Crow; pleaded
guilty in April 1916, and was fined
$500.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Modern
Woodmen.
On December 21, 1914, he mysteriously disappeared from the Pontiac
Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., leaving behind all of his clothes, and the
room disordered as if a scuffle had taken place; he was thought to
have been kidnapped and murdered by a gang, but a few months later,
he was found to be serving in the U.S. Army.
Died in Harlingen, Cameron
County, Tex., September
16, 1942 (age 58 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin J. Szarzynski (born c.1907) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., about 1907.
Republican. Credit
manager; charged
in 1937 with embezzlement
of $2,553 from his employer; pleaded
guilty to a reduced charge, and sentenced
to six months in the workhouse; served three and a half months; arrested
in 1942 in a raid on a gambling
operation; fined
$15; dock
worker; candidate for Missouri
state senate 5th District, 1960.
Burial location unknown.
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William Marshall Boyle Jr. (1903-1961) —
also known as William M. Boyle, Jr.; Bill
Boyle —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., February
2, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Director, Kansas City Police,
1939; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1949-51; investigated
in 1951 by the Senate Investigating Committee over his acceptance of
fees from the American Lithifold Corporation of St. Louis, in return
for using his influence
as Democratic national chair to obtain loans for the company from the
U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation; claimed to have been
vindicated, but ultimately resigned
under fire.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
30, 1961 (age 58 years, 209
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clara Boyle; married to Genevieve Hayde. |
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Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. (b. 1940) —
also known as Glenn Miller; "Frazier Glenn
Cross"; "Rounder" —
of North Carolina; Aurora, Lawrence
County, Mo.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., 1940.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; candidate in
Democratic primary for Governor of
North Carolina, 1984; candidate in Republican primary for North
Carolina state senate, 1986; convicted
on federal contempt
of court charges in 1986; sentenced
to one year in prison, but disappeared
while out on bond; later captured
in Missouri, along with four other Klansmen and a cache of weapons;
indicted
in 1987 for plotting robberies
and an assassination;
in a deal with prosecutors, he pleaded
guilty to a weapons
charge and to making threats
through the mail; served three years in prison;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 2006; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 2010; on April 13, 2014, in an apparent hate
crime he shot
and killed three people at a Jewish community center and
retirement complex in Overland Park, Kansas.
Member, Ku
Klux Klan.
Still living as of 2014.
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William L. Webster (b. 1953) —
of Jasper
County, Mo.
Born September
17, 1953.
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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Judith K. Moriarty (b. 1942) —
of Pettis
County, Mo.
Born February
2, 1942.
Democrat. Secretary
of state of Missouri, 1993-94; removed 1994.
Female.
Impeached
and removed from
office, 1994.
Still living as of 1994.
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Michael Badnarik (b. 1954) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Hammond, Lake
County, Ind., August
1, 1954.
Libertarian. Software
engineer;
candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 2000 (47th District), 2002 (48th
District); candidate for President
of the United States, 2004; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 2006.
Slovak
ancestry.
Arrested,
in St. Louis, Mo., on October 8, 2004, along with Green Party
presidential nominee David
Cobb, while protesting
their exclusion from presidential debates.
Still living as of 2007.
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David Keith Cobb (b. 1962) —
also known as David Cobb —
Born in San Leon, Galveston
County, Tex., December
24, 1962.
Green. Lawyer;
candidate for Texas
state attorney general, 2002; candidate for President
of the United States, 2004.
Arrested,
in St. Louis, Mo., on October 8, 2004, along with Libertarian Party
presidential nominee Michael
Bednarik, while protesting
their exclusion from presidential debates.
Still living as of 2004.
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Leslie L. Farr II (born c.1978) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born about 1978.
Republican. Train
conductor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 2004;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 2004, 2006 (primary);
suspended
without pay in October 2004, for making a political
statement (critical of Democratic presidential candidate John
Kerry) over the public address system of an Amtrak train; political
consultant.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Scott Faughn (b. 1980) —
of Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo.
Born in 1980.
Mayor
of Poplar Bluff, Mo., 2002-04; charged
in 2005 with embezzling
money while Chairman of the Highway 67 Corporation, by forging
checks to himself and his ex-wife; convicted
in 2007 on the forgery charges, and fined
$1,500.
Still living as of 2007.
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Mark Thomas McCloskey —
also known as Mark McCloskey —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer; on
June 28, 2020, as a group of Black Lives Matter protesters passed by
their home, he and his wife Patty
yelled at the protesters and brandished
guns at them; the incident was captured on video and received
national publicity; they were charged
with a weapons
violation and tampering
with evidence; ultimately pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and fined;
speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020 ;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 2022.
Still living as of 2022.
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Patricia McCloskey —
also known as Patty McCloskey; Patricia
Novak —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer; on
June 28, 2020, as a group of Black Lives Matter protesters passed by
their home, she and her husband Mark
yelled at the protesters and brandished
guns at them; the incident was captured on video and received
national publicity; they were charged
with a weapons
violation and tampering
with evidence; ultimately pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and fined;
speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.
Female.
Still living as of 2020.
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