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Robert McCormick Adams (b. 1890) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo., June 17,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1924
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert McCormick Adams and Virginia (Claiborne) Adams; married,
May
3, 1924, to Janet Lawrence. |
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Norman H. Anderson (1924-1997) —
of Ferguson, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March 2,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; Missouri
state attorney general, 1965-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died June 16,
1997 (age 73 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Anderson (1919-1994) —
also known as Thomas J. Anderson —
of Southgate, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
21, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; engineer;
supervisor of publications and automotive
assembly problem control, Ford Motor
Company; director, Southgate Bank; mayor
of Southgate, Mich., 1958-61; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 28th District, 1965-82; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
American Legion.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., September
18, 1994 (age 74 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Orland Kay Armstrong (1893-1987) —
also known as Orland K. Armstrong; O. K.
Armstrong —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Willow Springs, Howell
County, Mo., October
2, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; newspaper
correspondent; author;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 3rd District,
1933-36, 1943-44; defeated, 1936, 1940; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1944; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1951-53.
Baptist.
Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Kiwanis.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April
15, 1987 (age 93 years, 195
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Mo.
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Alfred Albert Arraj (1906-1992) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Springfield, Baca
County, Colo.; Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., September
1, 1906.
Lawyer;
Baca
County Attorney, 1936-42, 1946-48; major in the U.S. Army during
World War II; district judge in Colorado 15th District, 1949-57; U.S.
District Judge for Colorado, 1957-76; took senior status 1976.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; American Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., October
23, 1992 (age 86 years, 52
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, Colo.
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Claude Ignatius Bakewell (1912-1987) —
also known as Claude I. Bakewell —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
9, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1947-49, 1951-53;
defeated, 1948 (11th District), 1952 (3rd District); postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1958-82 (acting, 1958-59).
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Amvets.
Died in University City, St. Louis
County, Mo., March
18, 1987 (age 74 years, 221
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Parke Monroe Banta (1891-1970) —
also known as Parke M. Banta —
of Potosi, Washington
County, Mo.; Arcadia, Iron
County, Mo.
Born in Berryman, Crawford
County, Mo., November
21, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; Washington
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-18; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; chair of
Washington County Republican Party, 1925-27; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1926-28; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1940, 1948, 1950; general counsel, U.S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, 1953-61.
Methodist
or Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
American Legion; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., May 12,
1970 (age 78 years, 172
days).
Interment at New
Masonic Cemetery, Potosi, Mo.
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Jesse W. Barrett (1884-1953) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Canton, Lewis
County, Mo., March
17, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
Missouri Republican Party, 1919; Missouri
state attorney general, 1921-25; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1922; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Legion;
Forty and
Eight; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Suffered a heart
attack, and was dead on arrival at St. Louis City Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., November
12, 1953 (age 69 years, 240
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Canton, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Hooven Barrett and Jeanette Amelia (Bushman) Barrett;
married, June 19,
1912, to Ethelyn Louthan; married, February
21, 1925, to Mary Louise Church. |
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John P. Barrett (1915-2000) —
also known as Jack Barrett —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
17, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; in 1947, he
led a group of parents who opposed admission of Black students to
white Catholic schools; by 1954, he disavowed this view; member of Missouri
state senate 6th District, 1954-65; resigned 1965.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Optimist
Club; American Legion.
Died March
27, 2000 (age 84 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Emmett L. Bartram (b. 1899) —
of Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.
Born in Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo., April 4,
1899.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Nodaway County Republican Party, 1929-31; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Nodaway County, 1943-46.
Member, American Legion; Lions; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Dwight Beals (b. 1889) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born near Hale, Carroll
County, Mo., September
7, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 10th District,
1947-54, 1957-62.
Methodist;
later Presbyterian.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 17,
1916, to Mabel Rearden; married 1959 to Pearl
(Brocaw) Bauersfeld. |
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Paul M. Berra (b. 1925) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
2, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; bookkeeper;
restauranteur;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 2nd District,
1953-64; member of Missouri
state senate 3rd District, 1965-66.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Redmen.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 25,
1950, to Elizabeth Catherine Gilroy. |
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Neal Dow Bishop (1900-1980) —
also known as Neal D. Bishop —
of Denver,
Colo.; Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., July 18,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chiropractor;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1950.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
American Legion.
Died May 20,
1980 (age 79 years, 307
days).
Interment at Fort
Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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James Thomas Blair Jr. (1902-1962) —
also known as James T. Blair, Jr. —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Maysville, DeKalb
County, Mo., March
15, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cole County, 1929-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1936,
1960;
chair
of Cole County Democratic Party, 1939; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II; mayor
of Jefferson City, Mo., 1947-48; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1949-57; Governor of
Missouri, 1957-61.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Sons
of the American Revolution; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Military
Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Nu Phi; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Kiwanis;
Eagles.
Died, along with his wife, of accidental carbon
monoxide poisoning, when exhaust fumes from a car left
running in an attached garage entered their home through the air
conditioning system, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., July 12,
1962 (age 60 years, 119
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Harry Cullen Blanton (1891-1973) —
also known as Harry C. Blanton —
of Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo.
Born in Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., July 5,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; Scott
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-18; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1924;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1934-47.
Member, American Legion; American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in March, 1973
(age 81
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Lee Blanton and Mary Agnes (Cullen) Blanton; married, February
12, 1918, to Maureen Daily. |
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Matthew Roy Blunt (b. 1970) —
also known as Matt Blunt —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., November
20, 1970.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives 139th District, 1999-2000; secretary
of state of Missouri, 2001-05; Governor of
Missouri, 2005-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 2008.
Baptist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American Legion.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Emil Bohrer (1907-1960) —
also known as George E. Bohrer —
of Affton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Jefferson
County, Mo., February
22, 1907.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
broker; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis County 6th
District, 1947-52.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions.
Died November
16, 1960 (age 53 years, 268
days).
Interment at Jefferson
Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Mo.
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Frederic Holdrege Bontecou (1893-1959) —
also known as Frederic H. Bontecou —
of Millbrook, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., November
30, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1932
(alternate), 1936
(alternate), 1944,
1952,
1956;
chair
of Dutchess County Republican Party, 1932-42; member of New York
state senate, 1934-38, 1943-47 (28th District 1934-38, 1943-44,
33rd District 1945-47); resigned 1947; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1938;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1938.
Member, American Legion; Union
League; Rotary.
Died in Millbrook, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
17, 1959 (age 65 years, 291
days).
Interment at Nine
Partners Burial Ground, Millbrook, N.Y.
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Allen Bowsher (1899-1956) —
of Clinton, Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Lee, White
County, Ind., June 22,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; road and
bridge contractor; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Henry County, 1945-48;
defeated, 1950; member of Missouri
state senate 31st District; elected 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
American Legion.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Clinton, Henry
County, Mo., April 2,
1956 (age 56 years, 285
days).
Interment at Englewood
Cemetery, Clinton, Mo.
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Smith Wildman Brookhart (1869-1944) —
also known as Smith W. Brookhart —
of Washington, Washington
County, Iowa.
Born near Arbela, Scotland
County, Mo., February
2, 1869.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
school
teacher; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1922-26, 1927-33.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American Legion; National Rifle
Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from heart
disease, in the Veterans Administration hospital
in Whipple, Yavapai
County, Ariz., November
15, 1944 (age 75 years, 287
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Washington, Iowa.
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David P. Brown —
of Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo.
Republican. Farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1944.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Caruthersville (Mo.) Journal, July 27, 1944 |
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Pascal Griffin Bryant (1895-1979) —
also known as Pascal G. Bryant —
of Nevada, Vernon
County, Mo.
Born near Girard, Macoupin
County, Ill., March
12, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; flour and feed
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Vernon County, 1943-48,
1953-54; defeated, 1938, 1948, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion.
Died in Nevada, Vernon
County, Mo., December, 1979
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Interment at Newton Burial Park, Nevada, Mo.
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Charles Agustus Calvird Jr. (1884-1979) —
also known as Charles A. Calvird —
of Clinton, Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Clinton, Henry
County, Mo., October
28, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; circuit judge in Missouri
29th Circuit, 1935-37.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Elks; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died December
19, 1979 (age 95 years, 52
days).
Interment at Englewood
Cemetery, Clinton, Mo.
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Harry Green Camper Jr. (b. 1924) —
also known as Harry G. Camper, Jr. —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
22, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; McDowell
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1958-61; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1961-64.
Member, Jaycees;
American Bar
Association; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Green Camper and Lena (Harrell) Camper; married, April 1,
1945, to Mary Elizabeth Bankhead. |
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Melvin Eugene Carnahan (1934-2000) —
also known as Mel Carnahan —
of Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Born in Birch Tree, Shannon
County, Mo., February
11, 1934.
Democrat. Municipal judge in Missouri, 1951-52; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Phelps County, 1963-67;
Democratic candidate for Missouri
state senate, 1966, 1968 (primary); Missouri
state treasurer, 1981-85; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1989-93; Governor of
Missouri, 1993-2000; defeated in primary, 1984; died in office
2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996
(delegation chair), 2000;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri; elected 2000.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American Legion; Order of
the Coif.
Died, in a plane
crash while running
for U.S. Senator, near Goldman, Jefferson
County, Mo., October
16, 2000 (age 66 years, 248
days).
Interment at Carson
Hill Cemetery, Near Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo.
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Eugene R. Cater (b. 1923) —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
8, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 98th District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966, 1968.
Lutheran.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Eagles;
Freemasons;
American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1948 to Donna
Mae Fenner. |
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Robert Nelson Chaffin (b. 1905) —
also known as Robert N. Chaffin —
of Torrington, Goshen
County, Wyo.
Born in Avalon, Livingston
County, Mo., July 13,
1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Wyoming, 1948-60; member of Wyoming
Democratic State Central Committee, 1952-57; Wyoming
Democratic state chair, 1955; U.S.
Attorney for Wyoming, 1961-69.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Moose; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Eliel Chaffin and Mamie (Curtis) Chaffin; married, November
24, 1932, to Hester Mae Wiltse. |
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John G. Christy (1897-1978) —
of Festus, Jefferson
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Marathon, Clermont
County, Ohio, June 9,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; dentist;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jefferson County, 1933-40; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1935-40; chair of
Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1939; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1940; mayor
of Jefferson City, Mo., 1963-73.
Member, American Legion; Lions; Elks.
Died April
18, 1978 (age 80 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bennett Champ Clark (1890-1954) —
also known as Joel Bennett Clark —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., January
8, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; defeated in primary, 1944; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 13,
1954 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Clark (b. 1893) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March 3,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
broker; real estate
business; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 34th District,
1943-44.
Member, American Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Ewing Clay (b. 1893) —
of Lupus, Moniteau
County, Mo.
Born in Lupus, Moniteau
County, Mo., January
12, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Moniteau County, 1927-28.
Member, American Legion; Izaak
Walton League.
Burial location unknown.
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William Clay Cole (1897-1965) —
also known as William C. Cole —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Fillmore, Andrew
County, Mo., August
29, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 2nd District,
1940; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1943-49, 1953-55 (3rd District
1943-49, 6th District 1953-55); defeated, 1948 (3rd District), 1950
(3rd District), 1954 (6th District).
Member, Lions; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose; Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died September
23, 1965 (age 68 years, 25
days).
Interment at Fillmore
Cemetery, Fillmore, Mo.
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Roscoe P. Conkling (b. 1889) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo., May 3,
1889.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1947.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; American Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Virgil M. Conkling and Alpha (Powers) Conkling; married, November
24, 1914, to Mildred Scott. |
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Emmett Felts Cook (1872-1941) —
also known as Emmett F. Cook —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Stewartsville, DeKalb
County, Mo., August
5, 1872.
Democrat. Physician;
surgeon;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 2nd District,
1939-41; died in office 1941.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; American Medical
Association.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., July 22,
1941 (age 68 years, 351
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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B. Richards Creech (b. 1902) —
of Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Lincoln
County, Mo., May 19,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1944;
circuit judge in Missouri 35th Circuit, 1949.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Legion; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 12,
1945, to Mary Elizabeth MacNaughton. |
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Bobby D. Crim (b. 1931) —
of Davison, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo., December
10, 1931.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1965-66, 1973-82 (79th District
1965-66, 82nd District 1973-82); defeated, 1966; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1975-82; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1980;
member of Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1983-84; resigned 1984.
Protestant.
Member, Lions; National
Education Association; American
Federation of Teachers; American Legion.
Still living as of 1984.
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Relatives:
Married 1953 to Lila
F. Vogel. |
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Thomas Bradford Curtis (1911-1993) —
also known as Thomas B. Curtis —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 14,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1951-69 (12th District 1951-53, 2nd
District 1953-69); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1968, 1974.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Lions;
American Legion.
Died in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., January
10, 1993 (age 81 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bronson Murray Cutting (1888-1935) —
also known as Bronson M. Cutting —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Oakdale, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 23,
1888.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1927-28, 1929-35; died in office 1935;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Mexico, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion.
Killed, along with both pilots and one other passenger, when a
twin-engine Transcontinental and Western air
liner, ran out of fuel in a dense
fog, and crashed near Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo., May 6,
1935 (age 46 years, 317
days). Nine other passengers were injured.
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Bayard Cutting and Olivia Peyton (Murray) Cutting;
great-grandnephew of Henry
Walter Livingston; second great-grandson of Walter
Livingston; second great-grandnephew of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792); third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, William
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; fourth great-grandson of Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and Stephanus
Bayard; fourth great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Elder, Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Pieter
Van Brugh and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandnephew of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt and Johannes
Cuyler; sixth great-grandson of Nicholas
Bayard (c.1644-1707); seventh great-grandnephew of Pieter
Stuyvesant; first cousin twice removed of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin four times removed of Philip
Peter Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt and Nicholas
Bayard (1736-1802); first cousin six times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859); second cousin thrice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removed
of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), James
Livingston, John
Tyler (1747-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836) and James
Parker; second cousin five times removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, James
Jay, Henry
Cruger, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay and Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; third cousin of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin once removed of Brockholst
Livingston; third cousin twice removed of William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin thrice removed of George
Madison, Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, John
Tyler (1790-1862), Hamilton
Fish, John
Cortlandt Parker and James
Adams Ekin; fourth cousin of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee; fourth cousin once removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr., Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Kean and Hamilton
Fish Kean. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Politician named for him: Bronson
C. LaFollette
|
| | | Epitaph: "Light and understanding and
wisdom was found in him. And the common people heard him
gladly." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Omer J. Dames (1894-1969) —
of near O'Fallon, St.
Charles County, Mo.
Born in St. Paul, St. Charles
County, Mo., May 8,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1959-69 (St. Charles County
1959-66, 104th District 1967-69); died in office 1969.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in O'Fallon, St. Charles
County, Mo., August
1, 1969 (age 75 years, 85
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dwight Filley Davis (1879-1945) —
also known as Dwight F. Davis —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 5,
1879.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1925-29; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1929-32.
Baptist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; American Legion.
Founder of the Davis Cup tennis tournament.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
28, 1945 (age 66 years, 146
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William True Davis Jr. (b. 1919) —
also known as True Davis —
of Washington,
D.C.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
23, 1919.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1963-65.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin P. Degenhardt (b. 1918) —
of Perryville, Perry
County, Mo.
Born in Wittenberg, Perry
County, Mo., January
22, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; furniture
business; accountant;
tree
farmer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Perry County, 1952-67.
Lutheran.
Member, American Legion; Optimist
Club.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Clint Dennis (1917-2000) —
also known as John Dennis —
of Scott
County, Mo.
Born in Patton, Bollinger
County, Mo., July 31,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; Scott
County Sheriff, 1951-76; member of Missouri
state senate 27th District, 1976-92.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died at Missouri Veterans
Home, Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., February
15, 2000 (age 82 years, 199
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Memorial Gardens, Morley, Mo.
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Bernard Francis Dickmann (b. 1888) —
also known as Bernard F. Dickmann —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
7, 1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; real estate
business; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1933-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1940;
delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 29th District,
1943-44; resigned 1944; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1943-58 (acting, 1943-44).
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Francis Dickmann and Marie (Eilers)
Dickmann. |
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Charles S. Dickson (b. 1891) —
of Milan, Sullivan
County, Mo.
Born in Monticello, Lewis
County, Mo., March
24, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; printer;
farm
operator; drug store
operator; postmaster;
member of Missouri
state senate 14th District, 1952-54.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
American Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Blackwell Docking (1925-1983) —
also known as Robert B. Docking —
of Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
9, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Arkansas City, Kan., 1965; Governor of
Kansas, 1967-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1972;
speaker, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
Eagles;
Moose.
Died October
8, 1983 (age 57 years, 364
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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James Isaac Dolliver (1894-1978) —
also known as James I. Dolliver —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Park Ridge, Cook
County, Ill., August
31, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Webster
County Attorney, 1924-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1942; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1945-57; defeated, 1956;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Elks; Moose;
American Legion; Farm
Bureau; Delta
Chi.
Died in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., December
10, 1978 (age 84 years, 101
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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J. Rex Donovan —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of Chillicothe, Mo., 1944-45.
Member, American Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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James Marsh Douglas (b. 1896) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
6, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1935-37; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1937-47; appointed 1937.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Law Institute.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Bond Douglas and Francesca (Kimball) Douglas; married, August
5, 1939, to Mary Elizabeth Lumaghi. |
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Eldon Steven Dummit (b. 1896) —
also known as Eldon S. Dummit —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Monett, Barry
County, Mo., August
6, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Central Exchange Bank; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1944; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1947; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1948.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Optimist
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Flemon R. Dummit and Ludema (Marbut) Dummit; married, August
4, 1926, to Christine Shouse. |
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Luis Miller Dunckel (1899-1975) —
also known as Miller Dunckel —
of Three Rivers, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., February
11, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; automobile
wholesaler; member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1932; Michigan
state treasurer, 1939-40; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1940.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American Legion; Eagles;
Moose;
Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died of pneumonia
in 1975
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Eternal
Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, Calif.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1939 |
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Temple Forrest (1891-1960) —
of Belton, Cass
County, Mo.; Harrisonville, Cass
County, Mo.
Born in Forest Green, Chariton
County, Mo., August
16, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; automobile
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1940;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1942; served in the
U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Cass
County Sheriff, 1948.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion.
Died in 1960
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Belton
Cemetery, Belton, Mo.
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John Longdon Gay (1866-1956) —
also known as John L. Gay —
Born in Pizgah, Cooper
County, Mo., June 23,
1866.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Puerto Rico, 1928-31.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died November
17, 1956 (age 90 years, 147
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr. (1919-2006) —
also known as Sam Goddard —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo., August
8, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Arizona
Democratic state chair, 1960-62, 1979-89; Governor of
Arizona, 1965-67; defeated, 1962, 1966, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1968
(alternate), 1972.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Rotary.
Died in Paradise Valley, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
1, 2006 (age 86 years, 177
days).
Burial location unknown; cenotaph at Grace St. Paul's Memorial Garden, Tucson, Ariz.
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Joe Grandhomme (b. 1893) —
of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in Desloge, St.
Francois County, Mo., October
9, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1940.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Leslie Hagaman (1894-1966) —
also known as Frank L. Hagaman —
of Fairway, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Bushnell, McDonough
County, Ill., June 1,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1935; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1945-46; member of Kansas
state senate, 1945; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1947-50; Governor of
Kansas, 1950-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in a hospital
at Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 23,
1966 (age 72 years, 22
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Raleigh P. Hale (1883-1931) —
of East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., June 6,
1883.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician;
mayor
of East Chicago, Ind., 1926-30; resigned 1930; in 1929, accused
of protecting
vice as mayor, he and 18 others, including the East Chicago
police chief and the reputed business agent for gangster
Al Capone were charged
in federal court with conspiracy to violate liquor
prohibition laws; convicted
in January 1930, and sentenced
to two years in prison; on appeal, a new trial was ordered.
Member, American Legion.
Died suddenly, from dilated
cardiomyopathy, in East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind., December
1, 1931 (age 48 years, 178
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Ernest Clay Hamlin (1892-1970) —
also known as Ernest C. Hamlin —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., July 22,
1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 2nd District,
1937-38; candidate for Missouri
state senate 30th District, 1946.
Member, American Legion.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., August
5, 1970 (age 78 years, 14
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Bolivar, Mo.
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Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) —
also known as Harry B. Hawes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
15, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1928;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1904,
1916;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,
1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Economic Association; Izaak
Walton League; Audubon
Society; American
Forestry Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 31,
1947 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Ripley County, Mo.
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Warren E. Hearnes (1923-2009) —
of Charleston, Mississippi
County, Mo.
Born July 24,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Mississippi County, 1951-61;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956;
secretary
of state of Missouri, 1961-65; Governor of
Missouri, 1965-73; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1976.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks; Eagles;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died August
16, 2009 (age 86 years, 23
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard F. Hensley (b. 1941) —
also known as Dick Hensley —
of Peoria, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Albany, Gentry
County, Mo., February
23, 1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy, 1959-63; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 2000 (3rd District), 2004 (2nd
District).
Protestant.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Legion; Elks; Moose.
Still living as of 2005.
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David A. Hess (1908-1994) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Cameron, Marshall
County, W.Va., March
29, 1908.
Democrat. Gas and oil
dealer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 2nd District,
1933-42; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1951-54; defeated in primary, 1954; real estate
developer.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American Legion.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in St. John's Mercy Medical
Center, Creve Coeur, St. Louis
County, Mo., January
31, 1994 (age 85 years, 308
days).
Interment at Valhalla
Cemetery, Bel-Nor, Mo.
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William Edward Hilsman (1900-1964) —
also known as William E. Hilsman —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 22,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of Missouri
state senate 3rd District, 1949-64; died in office 1964.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion.
Died in Lordsburg, Hidalgo
County, N.M., March
24, 1964 (age 63 years, 307
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Delton L. Houtchens (b. 1918) —
of Clinton, Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Deepwater, Henry
County, Mo., January
14, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Henry County, 1949-52;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks;
American Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Leonard Hungate (1922-2007) —
also known as William L. Hungate —
of Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Benton, Franklin
County, Ill., December
14, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1964-77; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1979-92.
Christian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Injured in a fall at
his home, and died two weeks later, from surgery complications, in
St. Luke's Hospital,
Chesterfield, St. Louis
County, Mo., June 22,
2007 (age 84 years, 190
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Laurance Mastick Hyde (1892-1978) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo., February
2, 1892.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1942-55; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1949-51.
Member, Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary;
Freemasons;
American Legion; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1978
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Richard Howard Ichord II (1926-1992) —
also known as Richard H. Ichord; Dick
Ichord —
of Houston, Texas
County, Mo.; Tantallon, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Licking, Texas
County, Mo., June 27,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; college
instructor; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Texas County, 1953-60; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1959-60; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1961-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1968.
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Freemasons;
Lions;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Eta Sigma; Delta
Sigma Pi; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died one week later, in a hospital
at Houston, Texas
County, Mo., December
25, 1992 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Pine
Lawn Cemetery, Houston, Mo.
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Jerome Morton Joffee (b. 1895) —
also known as Jerome M. Joffee —
of Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 5,
1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 10th District,
1931-32; member of Missouri
state senate 7th District, 1933-36.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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A. Clifford Jones (b. 1921) —
of Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
13, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
president, Aluminum Truck
Bodies, Inc.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1951-58 (St. Louis County 4th
District 1951-52, St. Louis County 5th District 1953-58); member of
Missouri
state senate 7th District, 1965-81.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond Willard Karst (1902-1987) —
also known as Raymond W. Karst —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Frontenac, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
31, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; builder;
real
estate business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,
1935-36; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Legion.
Died in Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo., October
4, 1987 (age 84 years, 277
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Preston Kem (1890-1965) —
also known as James P. Kem —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Macon, Macon
County, Mo., April 2,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1944,
1948;
speaker, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1947-53; defeated, 1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; American Legion; Freemasons.
Died February
24, 1965 (age 74 years, 328
days).
Interment at Middleburg
Memorial Cemetery, Middleburg, Va.
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Lawrence Lewis (1879-1943) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Newspaper
work; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1933-43; defeated,
1930; died in office 1943.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
9, 1943 (age 64 years, 170
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Albert Linxwiler (1878-1943) —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill., January
30, 1878.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I; postmaster at Jefferson
City, Mo., 1934-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights
Templar.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., April
15, 1943 (age 65 years, 75
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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John C. Madget —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Platte
County, Mo.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 2nd District,
1947-48.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Clare Magee (1899-1969) —
of Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo.
Born near Livonia, Putnam
County, Mo., March
31, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Missouri
state senate 4th District, 1934; postmaster at Unionville, Mo.,
1935-41; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1949-53.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Rotary.
Died in Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo., August
7, 1969 (age 70 years, 129
days).
Interment at Unionville
Cemetery, Unionville, Mo.
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Barak Thomas Mattingly (1901-1957) —
also known as Barak T. Mattingly —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., March
15, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1937-39; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1940-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American Legion.
Died July 18,
1957 (age 56 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederic Hine Maughmer (1899-1972) —
also known as Fred H. Maughmer —
of Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.
Born November
22, 1899.
Republican. Lawyer; Andrew
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1938, 1940; circuit
judge in Missouri 5th Circuit, 1947-55.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in June, 1972
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederic Hine Maughmer Jr. (1927-2003) —
also known as Fred H. Maughmer, Jr. —
of Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo., June 26,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Andrew County, 1965-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi; American Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died September
28, 2003 (age 76 years, 94
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry B. McGee (b. 1889) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, Mo.
Born in Browns Station, Boone
County, Mo., March 4,
1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Warren County, 1935-42.
Member, American Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Rice William Means (1877-1949) —
also known as Rice W. Means; "Puffed
Rice" —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
16, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Adams
County Judge, 1902-04; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1924-27.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; American Legion; Ku Klux Klan.
Died in Denver,
Colo., January
30, 1949 (age 71 years, 75
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Robert Warren Merrell (1887-1932) —
also known as Robert W. Merrell —
of Gilbert, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in La Belle, Lewis
County, Mo., May 23,
1887.
Automobile
mechanic; mayor
of Gilbert, Ariz., 1921-23.
Member, American Legion.
Died in Gilbert, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April
24, 1932 (age 44 years, 337
days).
Interment at Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Ariz.
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Louis Ebenezer Miller (1899-1952) —
also known as Louis E. Miller —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Willisburg, Washington
County, Ky., April
30, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1943-45; defeated,
1932 (at-large), 1944 (11th District).
Member, American Legion.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
1, 1952 (age 53 years, 185
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Jacob Le Roy Milligan (1889-1951) —
also known as Jacob L. Milligan;
"Tuck" —
of Richmond, Ray
County, Mo.
Born in Richmond, Ray
County, Mo., March 9,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1920-21, 1923-35 (3rd District
1920-21, 1923-33, at-large 1933-35); defeated, 1920; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1934.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 9,
1951 (age 62 years, 0
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Liberty, Mo.
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Richard Robert Nacy (1895-1961) —
also known as Richard R. Nacy —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., November
7, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; Missouri
state treasurer, 1933-37, 1948-49; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1940,
1952,
1956;
delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 27th District,
1943-44; Missouri
Democratic state chair, 1945.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Rotary.
Died January
10, 1961 (age 65 years, 64
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Milton Fred Napier (1900-1972) —
also known as Milton F. Napier —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
3, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; accountant;
criminal court judge in Missouri, 1930; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,
1943-44; defeated, 1944; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1947-50; defeated, 1950 (2nd
District), 1956 (1st District), 1960 (1st District), 1964 (1st
District).
Lutheran.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died, from cancer,
in Lutheran Medical
Center, St.
Louis, Mo., October
11, 1972 (age 72 years, 38
days).
Interment at Concordia
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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James McKinley Neal (1899-1982) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., March 8,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; pharmacist;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 4th District,
1947-64.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Omega
Psi Phi; American Legion; Urban
League; NAACP.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., November
11, 1982 (age 83 years, 248
days).
Interment at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
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George William Newman (1900-1949) —
also known as George W. Newman —
of Cassville, Barry
County, Mo.
Born in Cassville, Barry
County, Mo., January
13, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician;
mayor of Cassville, Mo.; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1948;
chair
of Barry County Democratic Party, 1949.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American Legion; American Medical
Association.
Died November
28, 1949 (age 49 years, 319
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Cassville, Mo.
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Gaylord Patrick O'Connor (1916-1994) —
also known as Gaylord P. O'Connor; Pat
O'Connor —
of Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo.
Born in Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., November
20, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1949; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1952.
Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society
of the War of 1812; Reserve
Officers Association; Elks; Freemasons.
Died, in Pike County Memorial Hospital,
Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., December
26, 1994 (age 78 years, 36
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Near Louisiana, Pike County, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Vincent O'Connor and Clelia Emma (Ince) O'Connor; married,
June
19, 1943, to Martha Jeanne Wing. |
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Richard Buell Ogilvie (1923-1988) —
also known as Richard B. Ogilvie —
of Northfield, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
22, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Cook
County Sheriff, 1962-68; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1964
(alternate), 1968,
1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
Illinois, 1969-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Legion; Moose.
Died May 10,
1988 (age 65 years, 78
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Fred V. Pace (1919-1995) —
of Versailles, Morgan
County, Mo.
Born in Gravois Mills, Morgan
County, Mo., April 6,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; farmer; real estate
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Morgan County; elected 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died August
10, 1995 (age 76 years, 126
days).
Interment at Versailles
Cemetery, Versailles, Mo.
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George H. Pace (1916-2005) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Born in Crystal Lake, McHenry
County, Ill., November
21, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; motel
owner; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Marion County; elected 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American Legion.
Died, in Beth Haven Nursing
Home, Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., September
6, 2005 (age 88 years, 289
days).
Interment at Grandview
Burial Park, Near Hannibal, Ralls County, Mo.
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Charles Hardin Pulis (1889-1963) —
also known as Charles H. Pulis —
of Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in Thompson, Audrain
County, Mo., November
12, 1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; postal
worker; tire
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Audrain County, 1949-60.
Baptist.
Member, Lions;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo., July, 1963
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Interment at East Lawn Memorial Park, Mexico, Mo.
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Joe F. Rains (b. 1914) —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.
Born in Clinton, Henry
County, Mo., January
24, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; used car
dealer; grocery
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Pettis County, 1965-66.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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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Harry F. Russell (b. 1891) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
31, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in Missouri
8th Circuit, 1935-47.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association; Humane
Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Agnelia Brennan. |
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Walter Frederick Sanders (1880-1961) —
also known as W. F. Sanders —
of Parkville, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Silver Lake, Shawnee
County, Kan., April
27, 1880.
Republican. College
teacher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; chair of
Platte County Republican Party, 1949.
Presbyterian.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Modern
Language Association; American Legion.
Died in Parkville, Platte
County, Mo., September
17, 1961 (age 81 years, 143
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William August Sanders and Caroline (Dahlstrom) Sanders; married,
September
25, 1909, to Astrid C. Tulien. |
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Roy Scantlin (b. 1894) —
of Neosho, Newton
County, Mo.
Born near St. James, Phelps
County, Mo., August
11, 1894.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Newton
County Superintendent of Schools, 1927-43; Missouri
superintendent of schools, 1943.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Kappa; American Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1924 to Leah
Neal. |
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Samuel E. Semple (b. 1913) —
of Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo.
Born in Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo., June 7,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Randolph
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1947-52; circuit judge in Missouri
9th Circuit; appointed 1955; elected unopposed 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
American Legion; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Stratton Shartel (1895-1956) —
of Missouri.
Born in Nevada, Vernon
County, Mo., 1895.
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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Dewey Jackson Short (1898-1979) —
also known as Dewey Short; "The Ozark
Orator" —
of Galena, Stone
County, Mo.
Born in Galena, Stone
County, Mo., April 7,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1929-31, 1935-57 (14th District
1929-31, 7th District 1935-57); defeated, 1930 (14th District), 1956
(7th District); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1932; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Tau Delta; Pi Gamma
Mu; Lions;
American Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
19, 1979 (age 81 years, 226
days).
Interment at Galena
Cemetery, Galena, Mo.
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DuVal Smith (b. 1887) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Agency, Buchanan
County, Mo., March
29, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Buchanan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; circuit judge in Missouri
6th Circuit, 1946-47; appointed 1946.
Christian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred Spearman —
of Iberia, Miller
County, Mo.
Born in Iberia, Miller
County, Mo.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Miller County, 1925-32,
1937-44.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1920 to Eunice
Hustler. |
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Lloyd Crow Stark (1886-1972) —
also known as Lloyd C. Stark —
of Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo.
Born near Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., November
23, 1886.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; nurseryman;
Governor
of Missouri, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Rotary;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo., September
17, 1972 (age 85 years, 299
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Louisiana, Mo.
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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.
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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Gordon S. Summers (b. 1926) —
of Bourbon, Crawford
County, Mo.
Born in Sullivan, Franklin
County, Mo., April
29, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; school
teacher; clothing
merchant; insurance
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Crawford County, 1955-56;
defeated, 1956.
Lutheran.
Member, American Legion; Lions; Sigma
Nu.
Still living as of 1956.
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Roscoe Conkling Summers (1895-1981) —
also known as Roscoe C. Summers —
of Pleasant Hill, Cass
County, Mo.; Harrisonville, Cass
County, Mo.
Born in Harrisonville, Cass
County, Mo., January
16, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cass County, 1937-42.
Christian.
Member, American Legion; Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
2, 1981 (age 86 years, 320
days).
Interment at Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville, Mo.
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Joe Taylor (b. 1907) —
of Noel, McDonald
County, Mo.; South West City, McDonald
County, Mo.; Neosho, Newton
County, Mo.
Born in Shawnee, Pottawatomie
County, Okla., August
21, 1907.
Republican. Writer; newspaper
editor; printing
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1935-38, 1953-58, 1963-64
(McDonald County 1935-38, Newton County 1953-58, 1963-64); defeated,
1938; served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, Lions;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1940 to Isabel
Puryear. |
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John Gayer Terry (b. 1897) —
also known as John G. Terry —
of Pixley, Tulare
County, Calif.
Born in Rockville, Bates
County, Mo., July 12,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1946; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Dewey Porter Thatch (1898-1954) —
also known as Dewey P. Thatch —
of Hickory
County, Mo.; Clinton, Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Wheatland, Hickory
County, Mo., August
6, 1898.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Hickory County, 1925-26;
circuit judge in Missouri 29th Circuit, 1941-47.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion; Rotary.
Died in Clinton, Henry
County, Mo., November
6, 1954 (age 56 years, 92
days).
Interment at Englewood
Cemetery, Clinton, Mo.
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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.
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
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 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, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; American Legion; 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 (age 88 years, 232
days).
Interment at Truman
Presidential Library and Museum, Independence, Mo.; statue at Independence
Square, Independence, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman; married, June 28,
1919, to Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Wallace and Elizabeth
Virginia Wallace (granddaughter of Benjamin
Franklin Wallace); grandnephew of James
C. Chiles. |
| | | Political family: Truman-Wallace
family of Independence, Missouri. |
| | | Cross-reference: Andrew
J. May — Milton
Lipson — Samuel
I. Rosenman — Stephen
J. Spingarn — James
M. Curley — George
E. Allen — George
E. Allen — Jonathan
Daniels |
| | | Truman State
University, Kirksville,
Missouri, is named for
him. — Truman College,
Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — Harry S. Truman High
School, in Levittown,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: H.
Truman Chafin
— Harry
Truman Moore
|
| | | Personal motto: "The Buck Stops
Here." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | 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 — William Lee
Miller, Two
Americans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World —
Matthew Algeo, Harry
Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road
Trip — David Pietrusza, 1948:
Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed
America |
| | | Image source: Who's Who in United
States Politics (1950) |
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Carlisle Payton Turley (1894-1976) —
also known as C. P. Turley —
of Van Buren, Carter
County, Mo.
Born near Fremont, Carter
County, Mo., November
1, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Carter
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-24, 1931-34; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Carter County, 1927-30,
1935-40, 1943-50.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Van Buren, Carter
County, Mo., December
15, 1976 (age 82 years, 44
days).
Interment at Pleasant Site Cemetery, Fremont, Mo.
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James S. Wallace (b. 1893) —
of Morehouse, New Madrid
County, Mo.; Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., November
4, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
farmer;
mayor of Morehouse, Mo.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1933-36, 1939-48, 1951-60 (New
Madrid County 1933-36, Scott County 1939-48, 1951-60).
Member, American Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph J. Ward (b. 1893) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 11,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1937-47.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; American Legion; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Cloy E. Whitney (1910-1979) —
of Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo.
Born in Fort Morgan, Morgan
County, Colo., November
15, 1910.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; insurance
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Adair County, 1963-66.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died in 1979
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1934 to Anne
M. Wood. |
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John H. Wilkinson (b. 1897) —
of Seneca, Newton
County, Mo.
Born in Linn
County, Kan., August
14, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Newton County, 1941-44;
candidate for Missouri
state senate 18th District, 1942.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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James Madison Woodard (b. 1881) —
also known as J. M. Woodard —
of Aurora, Hamilton
County, Neb.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., September
30, 1881.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; medical examiner and
surgeon for Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad;
chair
of Hamilton County Democratic Party, 1940.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Medical Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: James
Madison |
| | | Relatives: Son of Daniel S. Woodard and
Sarah Ann (Casteel) Woodard; married, December
8, 1908, to Mabel Edna Biggs. |
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Robert Anton Young III (1923-2007) —
also known as Robert A. Young III —
of St. Ann, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
27, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; pipefitter;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis County 1st
District, 1957-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1960,
1964;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1963-77; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1977-87; defeated,
1986.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Lions; Knights
of Columbus; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets.
Died, of liver
failure, in St. Ann, St. Louis
County, Mo., October
17, 2007 (age 83 years, 324
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Jennings, Mo.
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Marcus Daniel Yount (1892-1988) —
also known as M. D. Yount —
of Arcadia, Iron
County, Mo.; Ironton, Iron
County, Mo.
Born in Good Water, Iron
County, Mo., October
10, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; livestock
dealer; Iron
County Clerk, 1923-33; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Iron County, 1947-54; chair of
Iron County Democratic Party, 1949.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion.
Died in North Carolina, January
22, 1988 (age 95 years, 104
days).
Interment at Arcadia Valley Memorial Park, Arcadia, Mo.
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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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