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Politician members in Missouri

  Robert L. Aronson (b. 1907) — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland County, Conn., May 8, 1907. Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1939-47. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif. Burial location unknown.
  Alfred Albert Arraj (1906-1992) — of Denver, Colo.; Springfield, Baca County, Colo.; Lamar, Prowers County, Colo. Born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., September 1, 1906. Lawyer; Baca County Attorney, 1936-42, 1946-48; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; district judge in Colorado 15th District, 1949-57; U.S. District Judge for Colorado, 1957-76; took senior status 1976. Episcopalian. Member, Order of the Coif; American Bar Association; American Legion; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons. Died in Denver, Colo., October 23, 1992 (age 86 years, 52 days). Cremated; ashes interred at St. John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, Colo.
  Relatives: Son of Elias Arraj and Mary (Davis) Arraj; married, November 12, 1929, to Madge Louise Connors.
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Franklin Ely Atwood (1878-1943) — also known as Frank Ely Atwood — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo. Born in Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo., October 5, 1878. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Carrollton, Mo., 1914-15; Carroll County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-19; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 8th District, 1922-23; justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1925-35; defeated, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1936. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; American Judicature Society; Freemasons; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi. Died, from coronary thrombosis, in Atwood Hospital, Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo., March 5, 1943 (age 64 years, 151 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Smith Atwood and Nancy (Goodson) Atwood; married, October 22, 1908, to Agnes Rea Luscombe.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Melvin Eugene Carnahan (1934-2000) — also known as Mel Carnahan — of Rolla, Phelps County, Mo. Born in Birch Tree, Shannon County, Mo., February 11, 1934. Democrat. Municipal judge in Missouri, 1951-52; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Phelps County, 1963-67; Democratic candidate for Missouri state senate, 1966, 1968 (primary); Missouri state treasurer, 1981-85; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1989-93; Governor of Missouri, 1993-2000; defeated in primary, 1984; died in office 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996 (delegation chair), 2000; U.S. Senator from Missouri; elected 2000. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis; American Legion; Order of the Coif. Died, in a plane crash while running for U.S. Senator, near Goldman, Jefferson County, Mo., October 16, 2000 (age 66 years, 248 days). Interment at Carson Hill Cemetery, Near Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan and Mary Kathel (Schupp) Carnahan; married, June 12, 1954, to Jean Anne Carpenter; father of John Russell Carnahan and Robin Carnahan.
  Political family: Carnahan family of St. Louis, Missouri.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Bennett Champ Clark (1890-1954) — also known as Joel Bennett Clark — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Bowling Green, Caroline County, Va., January 8, 1890. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928, 1936, 1940, 1944 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business; speaker); U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; defeated in primary, 1944; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Delta Sigma Rho. Died in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., July 13, 1954 (age 64 years, 186 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son-in-law of Wilbur W. Marsh; son of James Beauchamp Clark and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark; married, October 5, 1922, to Miriam Marsh.
  Political family: Clark-Thomson family of Iowa and Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Felix Cole (1887-1969) — of Washington, D.C.; Montclair, Essex County, N.J. Born in St. Louis, Mo., October 12, 1887. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Petrograd, as of 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Warsaw, as of 1929; Algiers, as of 1938-43; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1948-49. Member, Order of the Coif; Psi Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1969 (age about 81 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Theodore Lee Cole and Kate Dunn (Dewey) Cole; married, October 10, 1916, to T. Imshenetzkaya; married, September 22, 1928, to Marilla C. Cole.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Sidna Poage Dalton (1892-1965) — also known as S. P. Dalton — of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born in Vernon County, Mo., November 16, 1892. Lawyer; Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28, 1931-34; justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1950-65; appointed 1950; chief justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1956-58. Methodist. Member, Order of the Coif; Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Delta Kappa; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Acacia. Died in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., April 26, 1965 (age 72 years, 161 days). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Andrew Dalton and Ida (Poage) Dalton; brother of John Montgomery Dalton; married, August 3, 1918, to Edna Rusk.
  Forrest C. Donnell (1884-1980) — of Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Mo. Born in Quitman, Nodaway County, Mo., August 20, 1884. Republican. Lawyer; Governor of Missouri, 1941-45; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1945-51; defeated, 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1948. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Phi Beta Kappa; Kappa Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Died in St. Louis, Mo., March 3, 1980 (age 95 years, 196 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of John Cary Donnell and Barbara Lee (Waggoner) Donnell; married, January 29, 1913, to Hilda Hays.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Edward Norman Fadeley (b. 1929) — also known as Edward N. Fadeley — of Eugene, Lane County, Ore. Born in Williamsville, Wayne County, Mo., December 13, 1929. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1961-62; member of Oregon state senate, 1963-67; Oregon Democratic state chair, 1966-67; candidate for U.S. Representative from Oregon 4th District, 1968. Methodist. Member, Order of the Coif; Alpha Pi Zeta; Phi Alpha Delta; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Elks; Moose; American Civil Liberties Union. Still living as of 1968.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Sylvester Fadeley and Nellie (Norman) Fadeley; married, June 11, 1953, to Nancie Newell Peacocke.
  G. Derk Green (b. 1904) — of Marceline, Linn County, Mo. Born in Chariton County, Mo., 1904. Democrat. Lawyer; Linn County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937-40; circuit judge in Missouri 12th Circuit, 1941-47. Member, Delta Theta Phi; Order of the Coif. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1941 to Marcelle Patterson.
  Laurance Mastick Hyde (1892-1978) — of Princeton, Mercer County, Mo. Born in Princeton, Mercer County, Mo., February 2, 1892. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1942-55; chief justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1949-51. Member, Order of the Coif; American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Pi Kappa Alpha; Phi Delta Phi; Rotary; Freemasons; American Legion; American Judicature Society; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died in 1978 (age about 86 years). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of Ira Barnes Hyde (1838-1926) and Eliza Tomlinson (Mastick) Hyde; brother of Arthur Mastick Hyde and Ira Barnes Hyde (1893-1946); married, June 15, 1922, to Florence Fuller; father of Florence Hyde (who married Robert Haines Frazier).
  Political family: Hyde family of Princeton, Missouri (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Elmer O. Jones (1881-1943) — of La Plata, Macon County, Mo. Born in New Boston, Linn County, Mo., October 19, 1881. Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent of schools; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Macon County, 1919-20, 1931-32; candidate for Missouri state attorney general, 1924, 1928. Christian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Modern Woodmen. Died, from a heart ailment, in Marceline, Linn County, Mo., April 27, 1943 (age 61 years, 190 days). Interment at La Plata Cemetery, La Plata, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of John Meredith Jones and Francis Melvina (Davis) Jones; married, September 16, 1900, to Anna Elizabeth Nagle.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Hadley Limbaugh and Susan Frances (Presnell) Limbaugh; married, August 24, 1914, to Beulah Maude 'Bee' Seabaugh; grandfather of Rush Limbaugh.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Albert Lee Reeves (1873-1971) — also known as Albert L. Reeves; Alburdah Lee Reeves — of Steelville, Crawford County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; Dunedin, Pinellas County, Fla. Born in Steelville, Crawford County, Mo., December 21, 1873. Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Crawford County, 1901-02; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1918; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1923-54; took senior status 1954; senior judge, 1954-71. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Knights of Pythias. Died, in Morton F. Plant Hospital, Dunedin, Pinellas County, Fla., March 24, 1971 (age 97 years, 93 days). Interment at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Reeves and Margaret Ellen (Isgrig) Reeves; married, September 26, 1900, to Martha Lucinda 'Mattie' Ferguson; married, March 10, 1913, to Blanche Ferguson; married to Mabel Irene Finley; father of Albert Lee Reeves Jr..
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Fred N. Six (b. 1929) — of Kansas. Born in Independence, Jackson County, Mo., April 20, 1929. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals, 1987-88; justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1988-. Member, Order of the Coif; American Judicature Society. Still living as of 2002.
  Relatives: Father of Stephen N. Six.
Talbot Smith Talbot Smith (1899-1978) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Fayette, Howard County, Mo., October 11, 1899. Democrat. Lawyer; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1955-61; defeated, 1953; appointed 1955; resigned 1961; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-71; took senior status 1971. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Died, of heart disease, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., December 21, 1978 (age 79 years, 71 days). Cremated.
  Relatives: Son of Franklin Campbell Smith and Mary (Majors) Smith.
  See also federal judicial profile — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58
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