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James Matthes Talent (b. 1956) —
also known as James M. Talent; Jim Talent —
of Chesterfield, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
18, 1956.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1985-92; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1993-2001; candidate
for Governor of
Missouri, 2000; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 2002-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 2004,
2008,
2012.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Albertus Tawney (1855-1919) —
also known as James A. Tawney —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Mt. Pleasant Township, Adams
County, Pa., January
3, 1855.
Republican. Blacksmith;
machinist;
lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 15th District, 1891-94; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1893-1911.
Died in Excelsior Springs, Clay
County, Mo., June 12,
1919 (age 64 years, 160
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Winona, Minn.
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John D. Taylor (b. 1883) —
of Keytesville, Chariton
County, Mo.
Born in Keytesville, Chariton
County, Mo., December
16, 1883.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Chariton County, 1909-12,
1935-40; member of Missouri
state senate 6th District, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, August
12, 1903, to Jessie F. Duncan. |
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1917 |
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John H. Taylor (b. 1887) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., August
5, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; lumber
business; real estate
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 5th District,
1913-22.
Burial location unknown.
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John Hiram Taylor (1870-1939) —
also known as John H. Taylor —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Livingston
County, Mo., September
12, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Chillicothe, Mo., 1909-11, 1931-33; postmaster at Chillicothe,
Mo., 1915-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1928.
Died in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., May 24,
1939 (age 68 years, 254
days).
Interment at Edgewood
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Mo.
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Jonathan E. Taylor (b. 1906) —
also known as "Buck" —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., November
26, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; Missouri
state attorney general, 1945-53; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1952.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Taylor and Dora Irene (Blackburn) Taylor; married, May 6,
1940, to Helen V. Tierney. |
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O. C. Tee —
of Hamilton, Caldwell
County, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 8th District, 1943-44.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John William Terrill (b. 1867) —
also known as John W. Terrill —
of Vienna, Maries
County, Mo.
Born in Grove Dale, Maries
County, Mo., August
29, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; Maries
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Maries County, 1903-04,
1929-32; chair of
Maries County Democratic Party, 1921.
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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Allison Garnett Thompson (b. 1892) —
also known as A. Garnett Thompson —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Lawson, Ray
County, Mo., August
11, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; vice-president, Bank of
Dunbar; director, radio
station WTIP; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1942; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1950-53;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1960;
chair
of Kanawha County Democratic Party, 1968-70.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ernest Thompson and Jimmie (Graves) Thompson; married, November
6, 1924, to Elizabeth Louise Brown Barber. |
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Isaac Newton Threlkeld (1872-1954) —
also known as I. N. Threlkeld —
of Elvins (now part of Park Hills), St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in Du Quoin, Perry
County, Ill., March
14, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Francois County, 1921-22.
Died in De Soto, Jefferson
County, Mo., November
1, 1954 (age 82 years, 232
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park, De Soto, Mo.
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Jasper Napoleon Tincher (1878-1951) —
also known as J. N. Tincher —
of Medicine Lodge, Barber
County, Kan.; Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan.
Born in Sullivan
County, Mo., November
2, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1916,
1928
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Kansas 7th District, 1919-27.
Died in 1951
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Hutchinson, Kan.
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Ernest Moss Tipton (1889-1955) —
also known as Ernest M. Tipton —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Pike
County, Mo., January
2, 1889.
Lawyer; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1933-55; died in office 1955; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1954-55; died in office
1955.
Died, in Research Hospital,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
25, 1955 (age 66 years, 54
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Morton Tipton and Mary Ann (Moss) Tipton; married to
Rosalie Bloch. |
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memorial |
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John Plank Tracey (1836-1910) —
also known as John P. Tracey —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Wayne
County, Ohio, September
18, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; journalist;
candidate for Missouri
railroad and warehouse commissioner, 1878; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1896; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 1st District,
1903-04.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., July 24,
1910 (age 73 years, 309
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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George H. Traylor (b. 1864) —
of New Madrid, New Madrid
County, Mo.
Born in Shady Grove, Crittenden
County, Ky., April
27, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster at New
Madrid, Mo., 1911-15; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1923.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1898 to Rosa
Davis. |
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Louis E. Trieseler (b. 1886) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
12, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 2nd District,
1915-20; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 30th District,
1922-23.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Henshaw Trimble (1867-1936) —
also known as Francis H. Trimble; Frank H.
Trimble —
of Liberty, Clay
County, Mo.
Born in Clay
County, Mo., December
21, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; Clay
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1899-1902; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Clay County, 1905-06; circuit
judge in Missouri 7th Circuit, 1907-12; appointed 1907; Judge,
Missouri Kansas City Court of Appeals, 1913-25.
Died in Liberty, Clay
County, Mo., February
11, 1936 (age 68 years, 52
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Liberty, Mo.
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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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Daniel W. Twichell (d. 1901) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Scio Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Republican. Lawyer; Washtenaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1862; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1872; candidate for
nomination for Governor of
Missouri, 1876.
Died April 1,
1901.
Burial location unknown.
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William Thomas Tyndall (1862-1928) —
also known as William T. Tyndall —
of Sparta, Christian
County, Mo.; Bartlesville, Washington
County, Okla.
Born in Sparta, Christian
County, Mo., January
16, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1905-07; defeated,
1906.
Died in Bartlesville, Washington
County, Okla., November
26, 1928 (age 66 years, 315
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at White
Rose Cemetery, Bartlesville, Okla.
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Thomas Breese Valentine (b. 1856) —
also known as Thomas B. Valentine —
of Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo.
Born in Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo., August
27, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Putnam County, 1911-16.
Burial location unknown.
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William L. Vandeventer (b. 1889) —
of Ozark, Christian
County, Mo.
Born in Garrison, Christian
County, Mo., May 16,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer; Christian
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-20; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Christian County, 1921-22; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1929-34.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri |
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Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916) —
also known as Robert T. Van Horn —
of Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in East Mahoning, Indiana
County, Pa., May 19,
1824.
Lawyer; postmaster at Kansas
City, Mo., 1857-61; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1861-62, 1863-65; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1880,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1865-71, 1881-83, 1896-97 (6th
District 1865-71, 8th District 1881-83, 5th District 1896-97);
defeated (Republican), 1894, 1902; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1872-74, 1884; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1874-76; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Missouri District, 1879.
Died in Evanston Station (now part of Independence), Jackson
County, Mo., January
3, 1916 (age 91 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh (1862-1944) —
also known as Arba S. Van Valkenburgh —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
22, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1905-10; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1910-.
Unitarian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1944
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lawrence Van Valkenburgh and Sarah A. (Seymour) Van Valkenburgh;
married, September
25, 1889, to Grace Elizabeth Ingold. |
| | | Image source: U.S. Attorney's Office,
Western District of Missouri |
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Don O. Vernon —
of Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Laclede County, 1911-12; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23.
Burial location unknown.
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George Graham Vest (1830-1904) —
also known as George G. Vest —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.; Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., December
6, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1860; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Missouri; Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; Senator
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1865; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1879-1903; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1880.
Slaveowner.
Died in Sweet Springs, Saline
County, Mo., August
9, 1904 (age 73 years, 247
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Harold Lee Volkmer (1931-2011) —
also known as Harold L. Volkmer —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Born in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., April 4,
1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marion
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1960-66; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1967-76; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1977-97; defeated,
1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996.
Catholic.
Died April
16, 2011 (age 80 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lester A. Vonderschmidt (b. 1903) —
of Craig, Holt
County, Mo.; Mound City, Holt
County, Mo.
Born near Craig, Holt
County, Mo., June 12,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Holt County, 1935-38,
1947-54; chair of
Holt County Republican Party, 1945-46.
Lutheran.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Archer Vories (1862-1939) —
also known as Lawrence A. Vories —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., March
30, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; Buchanan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1891-92; mayor
of St. Joseph, Mo., 1896-98; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1903-06; circuit judge in Missouri
6th Circuit, 1917-37; appointed 1917.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., February
28, 1939 (age 76 years, 335
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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John W. Vosholl —
of Linn, Osage
County, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1898, 1899; member of
Missouri
state house of representatives from Osage County, 1911-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Steve Vossmeyer (1944-2001) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March
14, 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Thomas
F. Eagleton, 1969-72; member of Missouri
state house of representatives 86th District, 1973-82.
Died, of cancer,
in St.
Louis, Mo., March 9,
2001 (age 56 years, 360
days).
Burial location unknown.
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