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Abraham Walter Lafferty (1875-1964) —
also known as Walter Lafferty —
of Montgomery City, Montgomery
County, Mo.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born near Farber, Audrain
County, Mo., June 10,
1875.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Oregon, 1911-15 (2nd District 1911-13, 3rd
District 1913-15); defeated (Independent), 1950.
Died January
15, 1964 (age 88 years, 219
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Middletown, Mo.
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James Oliver Laing (b. 1874) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., April
19, 1874.
Lawyer; real estate
business; U.S. Consul in Malta, 1910-14; Karachi, 1914-16; Batavia, 1916-17.
Burial location unknown.
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James Robert Lamar (1866-1923) —
also known as J. Robert Lamar —
of Houston, Texas
County, Mo.
Born in Edgar Springs, Phelps
County, Mo., March
28, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Texas
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1891-95; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Missouri; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 16th District, 1903-05, 1907-09;
defeated, 1904, 1908; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 22nd District,
1922-23; died in office 1923.
Died August
11, 1923 (age 57 years, 136
days).
Interment at Pine
Lawn Cemetery, Houston, Mo.
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Uel Walter Lamkin (1877-1956) —
also known as Uel W. Lamkin —
of Clinton, Henry
County, Mo.; Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.
Born in California, Moniteau
County, Mo., January
18, 1877.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; Henry
County School Commissioner, 1902-07; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Missouri
superintendent of schools, 1916-18; appointed 1916; president,
Northwest Missouri State Teachers College.
Died, from a pulmonary
embolism due to heart
disease, in Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo., September
16, 1956 (age 79 years, 242
days).
Interment at Englewood
Cemetery, Clinton, Mo.
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Dowe Jefferson Lance (1916-2002) —
also known as D. Jeff Lance —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in Oregon
County, Mo., May 25,
1916.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; legal
secretary to Gov. Forrest
Smith, 1950-52; attorney, legal department, Southwestern Bell Telephone,
1952-56; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1961-62.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association; Freemasons;
Lions;
Kiwanis.
Died August
2, 2002 (age 86 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Luther Lance and Attie (Jenkins) Lance; married, July 26,
1943, to Marguerite Coffman. |
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William E. Land (b. 1870) —
of Daviess
County, Mo.; Gilman City, Harrison
County, Mo.
Born in Daviess
County, Mo., December
28, 1870.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; justice of the peace; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1905-06, 1915-18 (Daviess County
1905-06, Harrison County 1915-18).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896 to Mary
A. Landes. |
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Thomas F. Lane (b. 1869) —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga., April
16, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ripley
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1899-1906; member of Missouri
state senate 21st District, 1909-12.
Burial location unknown.
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Isom P. Langley (1851-1930) —
of Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.
Born in Clark
County, Ark., September
2, 1851.
Preacher;
newspaper
editor; lawyer; farmer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1886 (Labor, 4th District), 1890
(Populist, 2nd District), 1890 (Republican, 2nd District); member of
Missouri
state house of representatives from Laclede County, 1919-20.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Labor.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., July 13,
1930 (age 78 years, 314
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Herman Moore Langworthy (b. 1880) —
also known as Herman M. Langworthy —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Fairmont, Riley
County, Kan., December
16, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1936
(chair, Resolutions
Committee), 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur V. Lashly (b. 1880) —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Randolph
County, Ill., February
14, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Louis County Prosecuting Attorney, 1912-14; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 25th District,
1922-23.
Burial location unknown.
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William R. Lay (1882-1934) —
of Steelville, Crawford
County, Mo.
Born in Steelville, Crawford
County, Mo., February
22, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Crawford County, 1919-24;
defeated, 1924, 1926; candidate for Missouri
state senate 24th District, 1934.
Died in 1934
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Steelville Cemetery, Steelville, Mo.
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Thomas J. Layson (1900-1983) —
of Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo.
Born in Grundy
County, Mo., March
30, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; Grundy
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Grundy County, 1947-50.
Died September
16, 1983 (age 83 years, 170
days).
Interment at Roselawn Cemetery, Trenton, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of James Oliver Layson and Sarah Elizabeth (Ricketts) Layson; married
to Maisy McCoy. |
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memorial |
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William J. Leahy —
of Jackson
County, Mo.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 9th District,
1927-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Rush Green Leaming (1835-1921) —
also known as Rush G. Leaming —
of Pleasant Hill, Cass
County, Mo.; Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., July 26,
1835.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868.
Died in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., January
3, 1921 (age 85 years, 161
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg, Mo.
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Frank Hood Lee (1873-1952) —
also known as Frank H. Lee —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born near De Soto, Johnson
County, Kan., March
29, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 3rd District,
1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1933-35; defeated, 1922
(15th District), 1930 (15th District), 1934 (7th District), 1938 (7th
District); newspaper
publisher; hotel
owner.
Died November
20, 1952 (age 79 years, 236
days).
Interment at Ozark
Memorial Park, Joplin, Mo.
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C. A. Leedy Jr. (1895-1978) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Benton, Scott
County, Mo., May 20,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1933-55; appointed 1933; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1940-41.
Died in 1978
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles A. Leedy and Laura (Gray) Leedy; married, February
15, 1920, to Agnes Hudson. |
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Clay Le Grand (1911-2002) —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
26, 1911.
Lawyer; district judge in Iowa 7th District, 1957-67; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1967-83.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died November
17, 2002 (age 91 years, 264
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nicholas Le Grand and Mary Margaret (Leifield) Le Grand; married,
December
30, 1935, to Suzanne Wilcox. |
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Frederick William Lehmann (1853-1931) —
also known as Frederick W. Lehmann —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Prussia,
February
28, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for Wabash Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
U.S. Solicitor General, 1910-12.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died September
12, 1931 (age 78 years, 196
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; cenotaph at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Clarence P. LeMire —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 6th District,
1927-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Leslie Lemon (1894-1931) —
also known as Joseph L. Lemon —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Irondale, Washington
County, Mo., September
25, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,
1931; died in office 1931.
Died July 3,
1931 (age 36 years, 281
days).
Interment at Hopewell Cemetery, Hopewell, Mo.
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Oscar Leser (b. 1870) —
of Maryland.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
16, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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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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Lawrence H. Lewis (b. 1840) —
of Cuba, Crawford
County, Mo.
Born in Amboy, Oswego
County, N.Y., October, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Crawford County, 1905-06,
1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry J. Libby (b. 1885) —
of Shelbina, Shelby
County, Mo.
Born in Laclede, Linn
County, Mo., July 31,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; Shelby
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1912-16; circuit judge in Missouri
2nd Circuit, 1935-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oscar F. Libby; married, October
18, 1909, to Carrie Bell Young. |
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Rush Hudson Limbaugh (1891-1996) —
also known as Rush H. Limbaugh —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born near Sedgewickville, Bollinger
County, Mo., September
27, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cape Girardeau County,
1931-32; chair of
Cape Girardeau County Republican Party, 1934; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., April 8,
1996 (age 104 years,
194 days).
Interment at New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Hadley Limbaugh and Susan Frances (Presnell) Limbaugh;
married, August
24, 1914, to Beulah Maude 'Bee' Seabaugh; grandfather of Rush
Limbaugh. |
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memorial |
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Alva F. Lindsay —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1943-44.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Lycurgus Homer Lingenfelter (1861-1917) —
also known as Curg H. Lingenfelter —
of Grant City, Worth
County, Mo.; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Denver, Worth
County, Mo., November
11, 1861.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Idaho, 1908-13.
Died in Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Ore., June 1,
1917 (age 55 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Lingenfelter and Mary Ellen (Pyle) Lingenfelter; married, December
25, 1889, to Beatrice Daily; second cousin once removed of Lloyd
Elmer Pyle. |
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Ambrose Haydon Livingston (1850-1913) —
also known as Ambrose H. Livingston —
Born in Clinton
County, Ky., December
24, 1850.
School
teacher; lawyer; People's candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1894, 1896.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in West Plains, Howell
County, Mo., May 26,
1913 (age 62 years, 153
days).
Interment at Hutton Valley Cemetery, Willow Springs, Mo.
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James Tilghman Lloyd (1857-1944) —
also known as James T. Lloyd —
of Monticello, Lewis
County, Mo.; Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.; Canton, Lewis
County, Mo.
Born in Canton, Lewis
County, Mo., August
28, 1857.
Democrat. Deputy
sheriff; lawyer; Shelby
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1889-93; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1897-1917; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1908.
Injured in an automobile
accident, and subsequently died as a result, in a nursing
home at Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., April 3,
1944 (age 86 years, 219
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Canton, Mo.
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Julius Leo London (b. 1889) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 28,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 31st District,
1922-23.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Missouri Official Manual 1923 |
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Edward Vaughn Long (1908-1972) —
also known as Edward V. Long —
of Bowling Green, Pike
County, Mo.; Clarksville, Pike
County, Mo.
Born near Whiteside, Lincoln
County, Mo., July 18,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937-41; member of Missouri
state senate, 1945-56 (11th District 1945-48, 21st District
1949-56); Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1957-60; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1960-68; appointed 1960; resigned 1968.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died near Eolia, Pike
County, Mo., November
6, 1972 (age 64 years, 111
days).
Interment at Grandview
Burial Park, Near Hannibal, Ralls County, Mo.
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Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (1881-1958) —
also known as Breckinridge Long —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.; Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 16,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,
Democratic National Convention, 1916 ; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1920, 1922 (primary); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1928;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Historical Association.
Died in Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md., September
26, 1958 (age 77 years, 133
days).
Interment at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Bell Love (1870-1948) —
also known as Thomas B. Love —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Webster
County, Mo., June 23,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Missouri Democratic Party, 1896-98; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-07; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1906-07; Texas
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking, 1907-10; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1920-24; member of Texas
state senate, 1927-30; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen.
Died September
17, 1948 (age 78 years, 86
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Calvin Love and Sarah Jane (Rodgers) Love; married, June 11,
1892, to Mattie Roberta Goode. |
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Frank Lowry (b. 1898) —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Monticello, Piatt
County, Ill., October
14, 1898.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cape Girardeau County,
1939-44.
Burial location unknown.
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