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James Richard Waddill (1842-1917) —
also known as James R. Waddill —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., November
22, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Greene
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1874-76; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1879-81; defeated,
1880; mining
business.
Died in Deming, Luna
County, N.M., June 14,
1917 (age 74 years, 204
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Deming, N.M.
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Clyde W. Wagner (1878-1946) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Greene, Butler
County, Iowa, June 11,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,
1942; member of Missouri
state senate 29th District, 1945-46; died in office 1946.
Died February
13, 1946 (age 67 years, 247
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Cyrus Packard Walbridge (1849-1921) —
also known as Cyrus P. Walbridge —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Madrid, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., July 20,
1849.
Republican. Carpenter;
lawyer; druggist; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1893-97; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1896 ; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1904.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 1,
1921 (age 71 years, 285
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John Lewis Waller (1850-1907) —
also known as John L. Waller —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in slavery
in New
Madrid County, Mo., January
12, 1850.
Republican. Barber;
lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; U.S.
Consul in Tamatave, 1891-93; in March 1895, during France's military
takeover of Madagascar from the Hova monarchy, he was arrested
by French forces and tried in
a French military court, purportedly for the offense of corresponding
with (or spying
for) the Hovas, but more likely because the Queen of the Hovas had
granted him 2.5 square miles, rich with rubber and mahogany trees; sentenced
to twenty years in a French prison; his case became an international
cause celebre, and the U.S. government protested his imprisonment;
ultimately pardoned
in February 1896 by French president Félix Faure, and freed
after ten months in prison, in exchange for U.S. acquiesance to
French rule over Madagascar; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; newspaper
editor.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
13, 1907 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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George L. Walls —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 6th District,
1909-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Jerome Walsh —
of Hickman Mills, Jackson
County, Mo.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 8th District,
1927-28; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1944.
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Wammack (b. 1867) —
of Bloomfield, Stoddard
County, Mo.
Born in Stoddard
County, Mo., February
14, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; Stoddard
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1894-96; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1920;
delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 23rd District,
1922-23; member of Missouri
state senate 23rd District, 1925-32.
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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Robert Wash (1790-1856) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Louisa
County, Va., November
29, 1790.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1818-19, 1823-24; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1825-37.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Boone
County, Mo., November
30, 1856 (age 66 years, 1
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Drake Watson (b. 1885) —
of Ralls
County, Mo.
Born in New London, Ralls
County, Mo., March
28, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Ralls County, 1913-18.
Burial location unknown.
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A. T. Weatherby (b. 1871) —
of Dawn, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born near Utica, Livingston
County, Mo., November
22, 1871.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Livingston County, 1915-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis H. Weatherby (born c.1829) —
of Maysville, DeKalb
County, Mo.
Born in New York, about 1829.
Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 12th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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James Henry Webb Jr. (b. 1946) —
also known as Jim Webb —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., February
9, 1946.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
lawyer; author; screenwriter;
journalist;
U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1987-88; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2007-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 2008;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2016.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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Sorkis J. Webbe (b. 1929) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
15, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate 4th District, 1961-62.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Elks.
Still living as of 1962.
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Randolph H. Weber (b. 1909) —
of Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
26, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer; Butler
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937-38; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Butler County, 1939-40; chair of
Butler County Republican Party, 1938-42; circuit judge in
Missouri 33rd Circuit, 1943-49.
Christian.
Member, Jaycees;
Lions;
Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Grotto;
Sigma
Phi Epsilon; American
Judicature Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry P. Weber and Lillian (Boelling) Weber; married, September
8, 1934, to Lila Everts. |
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William Hedgcock Webster (b. 1924) —
also known as William H. Webster —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March 6,
1924.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1959-61; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1970-73; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1973-78; director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1978-87; director of Central
Intelligence, 1987-91.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1991.
Still living as of 2014.
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William L. Webster (b. 1953) —
of Jasper
County, Mo.
Born September
17, 1953.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1981-84; Missouri
state attorney general, 1985-93; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1992.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Pleaded
guilty in 1993 to embezzlement
and conspiracy, and sentenced
to two years in prison.
Still living as of 1993.
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Ray Weightman (b. 1898) —
of Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.
Born in Mound City, Holt
County, Mo., August
26, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Holt
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-29; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II; circuit judge in Missouri 4th Circuit, 1947-55.
Methodist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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J. Ray Weinbrenner —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 5th District,
1927-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Hugo L. Weismantel —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,
1927-28.
Burial location unknown.
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George Thomas Weitzel (1873-1936) —
also known as George T. Weitzel —
of Missouri.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., June 23,
1873.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1911-13.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1936 (age 62 years, 192
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joe Welborn (1915-2000) —
of Bloomfield, Stoddard
County, Mo.
Born in 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1952.
Died in 2000
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Bloomfield
Cemetery, Bloomfield, Mo.
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John Welborn (1857-1907) —
of Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.
Born near Aullville, Lafayette
County, Mo., November
20, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Lexington, Mo., 1896-1900; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1905-07; defeated,
1898 (5th District), 1906 (7th District).
Died in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., October
27, 1907 (age 49 years, 341
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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Charles B. Wheeler Jr. —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Democrat. Lawyer; physician;
mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1971-79; member of Missouri
state senate 10th District, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Joseph Mills White (1781-1839) —
also known as Joseph M. White —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1781.
Lawyer; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1820; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1825-37.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
19, 1839 (age 58 years, 162
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Mary Jo White (b. 1947) —
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
27, 1947.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1992-93; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1993-2002; chair,
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2013-16.
Female.
Still living as of 2019.
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Sebastian Harrison White (1864-1945) —
also known as S. Harrison White —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Maries
County, Mo., December
24, 1864.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; District Attorney, 10th District,
1904-08; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1909-19; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1927-29; defeated,
1928.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., December
21, 1945 (age 80 years, 362
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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James H. Whitecotton (1854-1944) —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.
Born in Ralls
County, Mo., June 9,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1889-93; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1897-1906,
1907-08; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1901-04; member of
Missouri
state senate 13th District, 1921-32.
Died in Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., September
11, 1944 (age 90 years, 94
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Paris, Mo.
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William E. Whitecotton (1866-1934) —
also known as W. E. Whitecotton —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.
Born in Ralls
County, Mo., December
26, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1919-34; died
in office 1934.
Died, from hypostatic
pneumonia, peritonitis,
and colon
cancer, in Research Hospital,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., September
9, 1934 (age 67 years, 257
days).
Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery, Madison, Mo.
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Robert Henry Whitelaw (1854-1937) —
also known as Robert H. Whitelaw —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.; Blodgett, Scott
County, Mo.; Blytheville, Mississippi
County, Ark.
Born in Lloyds, Essex
County, Va., January
30, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Cape
Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney, 1874-78; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cape Girardeau County,
1883-84, 1887-88; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1890-91.
Died in Blytheville, Mississippi
County, Ark., July 27,
1937 (age 83 years, 178
days).
Interment at New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Thomas B. Whitledge (1844-1917) —
of St. Marys, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born in Pike
County, Mo., June 1,
1844.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate 26th District, 1911-17; died in office 1917.
Died May 17,
1917 (age 72 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, January
25, 1875, to Sarah F. Gilbert. |
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1917 |
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W. B. Whitlow (1893-c.1942) —
of Fulton, Callaway
County, Mo.
Born in Harvel, Montgomery
County, Ill., May 6,
1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; Callaway
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-24; member of Missouri
Democratic State Committee, 1937-39; member of Missouri
state senate 10th District, 1939-42.
Died about 1942 (age about 49
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Sam Wilcox (b. 1883) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Andrew
County, Mo., May 19,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 6th Circuit,
1925-46.
Burial location unknown.
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Xenophon Pierce Wilfley (1871-1931) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Audrain
County, Mo., March
18, 1871.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1918; appointed 1918.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 5,
1931 (age 60 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bel-Nor, 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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Charles B. Williams (b. 1870) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Mississippi, July 1,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit,
1933-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905 to Lorena
McIntosh. |
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Clyde Williams (1873-1954) —
of Hillsboro, Jefferson
County, Mo.
Born in Jefferson
County, Mo., October
13, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; Jefferson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1902-08; chair of
Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1921; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1927-29, 1931-43 (13th District
1927-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 8th District 1935-43); defeated,
1928 (13th District), 1942 (8th District); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
banker.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
12, 1954 (age 81 years, 30
days).
Interment at Hillsboro
Cemetery, Hillsboro, Mo.
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Derwood E. Williams (b. 1889) —
of Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Lincoln
County, Mo., August
14, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-23; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Lincoln County, 1927-28;
member of Missouri
state senate 11th District, 1929-32, 1941-44.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Duncan A. Williams and May Williams. |
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Francis Emmett Williams (b. 1877) —
of Fredericktown, Madison
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Francois County, Mo., May 14,
1877.
Lawyer; Madison
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-08; circuit judge in Missouri
8th Circuit, 1941-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Anna Belle Donnell. |
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Frank B. Williams —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 20th District,
1943-44.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Gebhard Willrich (1853-1925) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Gilten, Lower Saxony (now Germany),
May
27, 1853.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; school
teacher; lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 27, 1889-90; probate
judge in Minnesota, 1895-99; U.S. Consul in Saint John, 1905-09; Quebec City, 1909-17; St. Gall, 1924.
Died December
1, 1925 (age 72 years, 188
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred C. Wilson —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis County 2nd
District, 1925-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis M. Wilson (1867-1932) —
of Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate 3rd District, 1899-1900, 1909-14; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1904; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1913-20; candidate
for Governor of
Missouri, 1928.
Died, from stomach
ulcers, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
12, 1932 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Platte
City Cemetery, Platte City, Mo.
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James Wilson (born c.1920) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Mound City, Pulaski
County, Ill., about 1920.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Missouri
state senate 7th District, 1960.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Patterson Clark Wilson (1834-1916) —
also known as Robert P. C. Wilson —
of Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., August
8, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1861; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Platte County 1st District,
1871-72; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1871-72; member of
Missouri
state senate 3rd District, 1877-80; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1888
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1889-93.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
21, 1916 (age 82 years, 135
days).
Interment at Marshall
Cemetery, Platte City, Mo.
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Robert L. Witherspoon —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1944.
African
ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Scott Wolff (1878-1958) —
also known as J. Scott Wolff —
of Festus, Jefferson
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born near Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., June 14,
1878.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; dentist;
lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jefferson County, 1913-14; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1923-25; defeated,
1924.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
27, 1958 (age 79 years, 258
days).
Interment at Gamel
Cemetery, Festus, Mo.
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Ernest Edward Wood (1875-1952) —
also known as Ernest E. Wood —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chico, Butte
County, Calif., August
24, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1905-06.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1952 (age 76 years, 139
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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George Lemuel Woods (1832-1890) —
also known as George L. Woods —
Born in Boone
County, Mo., July 30,
1832.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Idaho territorial supreme court, 1865-66; Governor of
Oregon, 1866-70; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1871-75.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
7, 1890 (age 57 years, 161
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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J. Posey Woodside —
of Oregon
County, Mo.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Oregon County, 1875, 1895-96.
Burial location unknown.
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John McDowell Woodson (b. 1834) —
also known as John M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., June 5,
1834.
Engineer;
lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Greene County,
1862; member of Illinois
state senate, 1867-69; attorney for several railroads.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Hughes Woodson (1815-1881) —
also known as Samuel H. Woodson —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., October
24, 1815.
Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 25th District,
1845-46; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1857-61; circuit judge
in Missouri 24th Circuit, 1875-81; died in office 1881.
Slaveowner.
Died in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., June 23,
1881 (age 65 years, 242
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Silas Woodson (1819-1896) —
of Knox
County, Ky.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., May 18,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1842, 1853-55; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; Governor of
Missouri, 1873-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1876,
1880;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1881-96.
Protestant;
later Catholic.
Died October
9, 1896 (age 77 years, 144
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Wade Netherland Woodson and Alice (Chick) Woodson; married, September
13, 1842, to Mary Jane McRoberts; married, July 27,
1846, to Olivia Adams; married, December
27, 1866, to Virginia Juliet Lard; first cousin of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1777-1827); first cousin once removed of Tucker
Woodson, David
Meade Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); first cousin twice removed of John
McDowell Woodson; third cousin once removed of Frederick
Bates, James
Woodson Bates and Edward
Bates; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Woodson and John
Archibald Woodson; third cousin thrice removed of James
Alexander Woodson and Urey
Woodson. |
| | | Political family: Woodson
family of Jessamine County, Kentucky. |
| | | See also National Governors
Association biography |
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Ell Marcellus Zevely (1867-1939) —
also known as Ell M. Zevely —
of Linn, Osage
County, Mo.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., March 9,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; Osage
County Probate Judge, 1891-1900; member of Missouri
state senate 27th District, 1901-04; Osage
County Clerk, 1907-08; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1912;
Osage
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-20; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 27th District,
1922-23; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1922; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Osage County, 1927-30.
Died in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., May 5,
1939 (age 72 years, 57
days).
Interment at Linn Public Cemetery, Linn, Mo.
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot
Dome scandal of the 1920s.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely; married, June 23,
1908, to Janie C. Clay. |
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"Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair. |
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N. P. Zimmer (b. 1868) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 34th District,
1922-23.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Missouri Official Manual 1923 |
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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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Galius L. Zwick (1876-1961) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Macon, Macon
County, Mo., July 4,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 2nd District,
1922-23; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1940
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., September
22, 1961 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at St. Joseph Memorial Park, St. Joseph, Mo.
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