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Politician members in Missouri

Robert Woods Bliss (1875-1962) — of New York; Washington, D.C. Born in St. Louis, Mo., August 5, 1875. U.S. Consul in Venice, as of 1903; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1923-27; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1927-33. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Academy of Political and Social Science. One of five retired diplomats who co-signed a famous 1954 letter protesting U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service. Donated his Georgetown estate, Dumbarton Oaks, to Harvard University in 1940; after the war, it was the scene of the conference that led to the creation of the United Nations. Died in Washington, D.C., April 19, 1962 (age 86 years, 257 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Dumbarton Oaks Rose Garden, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of William Henry Bliss and Annie Louise (Woods) Bliss; brother of Annie Louise Bliss (who married Charles Warren); married, April 14, 1908, to Mildred Barnes.   Political family: Bliss-Warren family of Plymouth, Massachusetts.   Epitaph: "Quod severeis metes." [as ye sow so ye shall reap.]   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Library of Congress   Richard Andrew Gephardt (b. 1941) — also known as Richard A. Gephardt; Dick Gephardt — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., January 31, 1941. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1977-2005; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1988, 2004; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. Baptist. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Kiwanis. Still living as of 2014.   Relatives: Married 1966 to Jane Byrnes; relative *** of James Matthes Talent.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile   Books by Richard Gephardt: An Even Better Place : America in the 21st Century (1999)   Critical books about Richard Gephardt: Alan M. Gottlieb & Dave Workman, Double Trouble : Daschle and Gephardt, Capitol Hill Bullies William Stuart Symington (1901-1988) — also known as Stuart Symington — of Creve Coeur, St. Louis County, Mo. Born in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., June 26, 1901. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of the Air Force, 1947-50; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1953-76; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1956, 1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956, 1960. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Council on Foreign Relations. Died December 14, 1988 (age 87 years, 171 days). Entombed at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of William Stuart Symington and Emily Haxall (Harrison) Symington; married, March 1, 1924, to Evelyn Wadsworth (daughter of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; brother of James Jermiah Wadsworth); father of James Wadsworth Symington; first cousin of John Fife Symington Jr.; first cousin once removed of John Fife Symington III.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1957

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