The Political Graveyard: Politicians in Radio and Television Broadcasting in Missouri

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Politicians in Radio and Television Broadcasting in Missouri

Charles Harrison Brown (1920-2003) — also known as Charles Brown — of Springfield, Greene County, Mo. Born in Coweta, Wagoner County, Okla., October 22, 1920. Democrat. Radio station program director; advertising business; U.S. Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1957-61; defeated, 1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960; oil executive. Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Lions. Died in Henderson, Clark County, Nev., June 10, 2003 (age 82 years, 231 days). Burial location unknown.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Conrad Ray Burns (1935-2016) — also known as Conrad R. Burns — of Billings, Yellowstone County, Mont. Born in Gallatin, Daviess County, Mo., January 25, 1935. Republican. Auctioneer; broadcaster; U.S. Senator from Montana, 1989-2007; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 2008. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons. Died April 28, 2016 (age 81 years, 94 days). Burial location unknown.

Emanuel Cleaver II (b. 1944) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Tex., October 26, 1944. Democrat. Pastor; radio show host; mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1991-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996 (speaker), 2004, 2008; member of Democratic National Committee from Missouri, 2004; U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 2005-. African ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha. Still living as of 2017.

		Relatives: Son of Lucky G. Cleaver and Marie (McKnight) Cleaver.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier

William J. Federer (b. 1957) — also known as Bill Federer — of Oakville, St. Louis County, Mo. Born October 1, 1957. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1998, 2000, 2004; author; radio show host. Still living as of 2004.

Paul Caruthers Jones (1901-1981) — also known as Paul C. Jones — of Kennett, Dunklin County, Mo. Born in Kennett, Dunklin County, Mo., March 12, 1901. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; radio station manager; mayor of Kennett, Mo., 1933-35; resigned 1935; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Dunklin County, 1935-36; member of Missouri state senate 21st District, 1937-44; U.S. Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1948-69; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Lions; Pi Kappa Alpha; Alpha Delta Sigma. Died February 10, 1981 (age 79 years, 335 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Kennett, Mo.

		Relatives: Married, August 2, 1923, to Ethel Rockholt.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

Timothy W. Jones (b. 1971) — also known as Tim Jones — of Eureka, St. Louis County, Mo. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., May 25, 1971. Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 2007-14 (89th District 2007-12, 110th District 2013-14); Speaker of the Missouri State House of Representatives, 2012-14; in 2009, was a plaintiff in a lawsuit brought by Orly Taitz, alleging Barack Obama was not a "natural born citizen"; the case was dismissed; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 2012, 2016 (alternate); radio show host. Catholic. Member, Lions. Still living as of 2016.

Pierce Eubanks Lackey (1898-1967) — also known as Pierce E. Lackey — of Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. Born in Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., December 21, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; insurance and real estate business; mayor of Paducah, Ky., 1940-44; defeated, 1963; president, Paducah Broadcasting Co., operator of radio station WPAD; founder of six other radio stations in Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana. Died, in Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., February 16, 1967 (age 68 years, 57 days). Interment at Maplelawn Park Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.

		Relatives: Son of Ernest Lackey; brother of Hecht S. Lackey and Frederick Ernest Lackey; uncle of Sherrill Lackey Jeffers and Henry G. Lackey.
		Political family: Lackey family of Kentucky.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Harlan Eugene Read (1880-1963) — also known as Harlan E. Read — of St. Louis, Mo.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., May 7, 1880. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1918; author; radio commentator. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February, 1963 (age 82 years, 0 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.

		Relatives: Son of Justus Vinton Read and Clara Lee (woods) Read; married, June 5, 1908, to Julia Edna Hatch.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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.

Relatives: Son of Ernest Thompson and Jimmie (Graves) Thompson; married, November 6, 1924, to Elizabeth Louise Brown Barber.

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