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Thomas Peter Akers (1828-1877) —
of Missouri.
Born in Knox
County, Ohio, October
4, 1828.
School
teacher; college professor; pastor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1856-57.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., April 3,
1877 (age 48 years, 181
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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John David Ashcroft (b. 1942) —
also known as John Ashcroft —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 9,
1942.
Republican. Lawyer;
university professor; Missouri
state auditor, 1973-75; defeated, 1974; Missouri
state attorney general, 1977-85; Governor of
Missouri, 1985-93; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1995-2001; defeated, 2000; U.S.
Attorney General, 2001-05.
Assembly
of God. Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2020.
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Thomas Swain Barclay (1892-1993) —
also known as Thomas S. Barclay; Tom
Barclay —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
26, 1892.
Democrat. Professor of political science at Stanford
University, 1927-57; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1948.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., December
21, 1993 (age 101 years,
329 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Reppert Barclay and Lillie (Swain) Barclay. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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James Thomas Blair (1871-1944) —
also known as James T. Blair —
of Maysville, DeKalb
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Loudon, Loudon
County, Tenn., November
11, 1871.
Democrat. College professor; president,
Obion College, 1895-96; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1899-1902; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1915-24; defeated, 1924; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1921-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April
12, 1944 (age 72 years, 153
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Philemon Bliss (1813-1889) —
Born in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., July 28,
1813.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Ohio, 1848-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1855-59; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1861-65; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1868-72; law professor.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
25, 1889 (age 76 years, 28
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Asahel Bliss and Lydia Adams (Griswold) Bliss; brother of Albert
Asahel Bliss; married, November
16, 1843, to Martha W. Thorpe; third great-grandnephew of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin twice removed of Gaylord
Griswold and Samuel
Clesson Allen; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Elisha
Hunt Allen and Judson
H. Warner; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Eli
Elmer, John
Allen, Elisha
Phelps, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth and William
Wolcott Ellsworth; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799), Oliver
Ellsworth, Daniel
Chapin, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Daniel
Pitkin and Peter
Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Edmund
Holcomb, William
Fessenden Allen and Frederick
Hobbes Allen; fourth cousin once removed of Amaziah
Brainard, Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg, Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Chester
William Chapin, John
William Allen, Norman
A. Phelps, James
Samuel Wadsworth, George
Smith Catlin, Henry
Titus Backus, George
Washington Wolcott, John
Smith Phelps, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900). |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Patterson Borland (1867-1919) —
also known as William P. Borland —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., October
14, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1909-19; died in
office 1919.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in U.S. Army Field Hospital
No. 31, near Coblenz (Koblenz), Germany,
February
20, 1919 (age 51 years, 129
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Benjamin F. Bowles (1869-1928) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, April 3,
1869.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lecturer; musician; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 32nd District,
1922-23.
African
ancestry.
Died September
29, 1928 (age 59 years, 179
days).
Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery, Normandy, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married to Annie R. Anderson and Caroline 'Carrie'
Johnson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1923 |
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William L. Bradshaw (b. 1896) —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born in Barnett, Morgan
County, Mo., March
23, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; university professor; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1943-44.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Doris E. Crump. |
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Julian Pleasant Bretz (1876-1951) —
also known as Julian P. Bretz —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
29, 1876.
Democrat. University professor; historian;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1930 (Democratic, 37th District),
1932 (Democratic, 37th District), 1934 (Democratic, 37th District),
1944 (American Labor, 39th District); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1936;
chair
of Tompkins County Democratic Party, 1936; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1942.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died June 15,
1951 (age 74 years, 168
days).
Interment at Davis Chapel Cemetery, Dearborn, Mo.
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George Augustus Bucklin Jr. (b. 1875) —
also known as George A. Bucklin, Jr. —
of Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born in West Hartford, Ralls
County, Mo., October
5, 1875.
University professor; U.S. Consul in San Luis Potosi, 1908-10; Bordeaux, 1914-19; Acapulco, 1922-24; Victoria, 1924-32; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1910-14.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Augustus Bucklin and Mary Ann (Williamson) Bucklin; married
1904 to
Emeline Wood Porter. |
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Clarence Andrew Cannon (1879-1964) —
also known as Clarence Cannon —
of Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo.; Elsberry, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Elsberry, Lincoln
County, Mo., April
11, 1879.
Democrat. College professor; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1923-64 (9th District 1923-33,
at-large 1933-35, 9th District 1935-64); died in office 1964;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
Parliamentarian, 1944,
1948.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1964 (age 85 years, 31
days).
Interment at Elsberry
City Cemetery, Elsberry, Mo.
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Richard Livingston Goode (b. 1855) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Henry
County, Ky., February
4, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for railroad;
Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, 1901-10; law professor.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Thomas Goode and Martitia Elizabeth (Guthrie) Goode;
married, April
22, 1885, to Estelle B. Maurer. |
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Herbert Spencer Hadley (1872-1927) —
also known as Herbert S. Hadley —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., February
20, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-03; Missouri
state attorney general, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1912,
1916;
Governor
of Missouri, 1909-13; law professor; Chancellor,
Washington University, 1923-27.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., December
1, 1927 (age 55 years, 284
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Arminius Theophilus Haeberle (1874-1943) —
also known as Arminius T. Haeberle —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
23, 1874.
College instructor; school
principal; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1908-10; Tegucigalpa, 1910-13; St. Michaels, 1913-15; Pernambuco, 1915-19; Rio de Janeiro, 1919-23; Sao Paulo, 1923-25; U.S. Consul General in Dresden, 1925-36.
German
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Rotary.
Died October
26, 1943 (age 69 years, 276
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Louis F. Haeberle and Flora Lemen (Bock)
Haeberle. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1917) |
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Superintendent
of schools; university professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Claude Burton Hutchison (1885-1980) —
also known as Claude B. Hutchison —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., April 9,
1885.
Botanist;
agricultural
economist; university professor; mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1955-63.
Member, Alpha
Phi Omega.
Died August
25, 1980 (age 95 years, 138
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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John Thomas Morris Johnston Jr. (1856-1930) —
also known as John T. M. Johnston —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ashland, Boone
County, Mo., March
17, 1856.
Democrat. Merchant;
banker;
minister;
pastor, First Baptist Church, Jefferson City, Mo., 1887-97; chaplain
of Missouri Senate and Missouri State Prison; pastor, Delmar Avenue
Baptist Church, St. Louis, Mo., 1897-1907; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1904 ; college professor; president, Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City, 1910-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1916.
Baptist.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., September
9, 1930 (age 74 years, 176
days).
Interment at New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Ashland, Mo.
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Klarenc Wade Mak (1861-1930) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Iowa, 1861.
Physician;
poet;
author;
lecturer.
Advocate of phonetic spelling.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
31, 1930 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ronald G. Miriani (b. 1937) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Michigan, April
15, 1937.
Democrat. School
teacher; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 3rd
District, 1961; college professor.
Still living as of 2001.
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Thomas William Nadal (b. 1875) —
also known as Thomas W. Nadal —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Milroy, Rush
County, Ind., June 17,
1875.
Republican. College professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1911-17; appointed 1911; acting president,
Olivet College, Olivet, Mich., 1915-16; president,
Drury College, Springfield, Mo., 1917.
Congregationalist.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Modern
Language Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Nadal and Jerusha (Richey) Nadal; married, June 2,
1909, to Kathryne Dillingham Wyckoff. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1911 |
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Gilbert Owen Nations (b. 1866) —
also known as Gilbert O. Nations —
of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Perry
County, Mo., August
18, 1866.
Lawyer;
probate judge in Missouri, 1903-11; university professor;
American candidate for President
of the United States, 1924.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James W. Nations and Caroline L. (Hart) Nations; married, December
5, 1886, to Sallie E. McFarland. |
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Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) —
also known as Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wright City, Warren
County, Mo., June 21,
1892.
Pastor;
professor, Union Theological Seminary, 1928-60; Socialist
candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1930; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1932; Socialist
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1958.
Protestant.
German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the
Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1971 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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H. F. Patterson (1922-1965) —
also known as Pat Patterson —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born November
18, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
university professor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Boone County 2nd District,
1961-65; died in office 1965.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died March
30, 1965 (age 42 years, 132
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Margot Truman Patterson —
also known as Margot Truman —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Democrat. College instructor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Boone County 2nd District,
1965-66.
Female.
Christian.
Still living as of 1966.
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Wallace M. Pearson (b. 1895) —
of Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo.
Born near Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., July 12,
1895.
Republican. Chemist;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; college professor;
banker;
osteophatic
physician; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Adair County, 1947-56;
defeated, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Eagles;
Kiwanis;
Delta
Tau Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Manoah Pickler (1846-1929) —
also known as Samuel M. Pickler —
of Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo.
Born in Washington
County, Ind., November
6, 1846.
Republican. College instructor; newspaper
editor and publisher; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Adair County, 1877-78,
1897-1900, 1911-12; mayor
of Kirksville, Mo., 1882-83; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1900.
Died in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., March
12, 1929 (age 82 years, 126
days).
Interment at Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery, Kirksville, Mo.
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Paul W. O. Preisler (1902-1971) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Missouri, May 31,
1902.
Socialist. Chemist;
college instructor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1934, 1936, 1938;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Died November
20, 1971 (age 69 years, 173
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillcrest
Abbey, St. Louis, Mo.
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Robert Alonzo Rogers (1899-1970) —
also known as Robert A. Rogers —
of Parkville, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Ohio, April
19, 1899.
Republican. College teacher; candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Platte County, 1945.
Died in Manatee
County, Fla., July 30,
1970 (age 71 years, 102
days).
Interment at Mansion Memorial Park & Funeral Home, Ellenton, Fla.
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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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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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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Democrat. Pastor;
college professor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Frank William Taussig (1859-1940) —
also known as Frank W. Taussig; "The American
Marshall" —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
28, 1859.
University professor; economist;
chair, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1917-19.
Member, American
Economic Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
11, 1940 (age 80 years, 319
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Willard Duncan Vandiver (1854-1932) —
also known as Willard D. Vandiver —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Hardy
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March
30, 1854.
Democrat. College teacher; president,
State Normal School (now Southeast Missouri State University),
1893-97; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1897-1905; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker);
Missouri Insurance Commissioner, 1905-09; vice-president, Central
States Life
Insurance Co., 1911-12; Assistant Treasurer of the United States,
1913-21.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
The phrase, "I'm from Missouri, you've got to show me" is attributed
to him.
Died May 30,
1932 (age 78 years, 61
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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Frank Lee Wilkinson (1888-1958) —
also known as Frank L. Wilkinson; Frank Courtney
Wilkinson —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., August
30, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 2nd District,
1915-20; defeated, 1942; real estate
business; member of Missouri
state senate, 1945-48, 1953-56 (7th District 1945-48, 11th
District 1953-56).
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sons
of the Revolution.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
3, 1958 (age 70 years, 95
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Lee Wilkinson and Myrtle (Fuqua) Wilkinson; married 1916 to
Frances Catherine Shryock. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert Coldwell Wood (1923-2005) —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
16, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; college
professor; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1969; president,
University of Massachusetts, 1970-77.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 1,
2005 (age 81 years, 197
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Rolla F. Wood (1888-1978) —
of Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo.
Born in Curtis, Frontier
County, Neb., April
20, 1888.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; college professor; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 17th District,
1943-44.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died March
21, 1978 (age 89 years, 335
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg, Mo.
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