| Politicians buried
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Abraham J. Williams (1781-1839) —
of Missouri.
Born February
26, 1781.
Governor
of Missouri, 1825-26.
Died December
30, 1839 (age 58 years, 307
days).
Interment at Columbia Cemetery.
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William Lester Nelson (1875-1946) —
also known as William L. Nelson; Will L.
Nelson —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born near Bunceton, Cooper
County, Mo., August 4,
1875.
Son of Thomas Alpheus Nelson and Sarah Ann (Tucker) Nelson.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1901-04, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1919-21, 1925-33, 1935-43 (8th
District 1919-21, 1925-33, 2nd District 1935-43); defeated, 1920 (8th
District), 1942 (2nd District), 1946 (2nd District); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Baptist.
Member, Gamma
Sigma Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; Kiwanis.
Died in 1946
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Columbia Cemetery.
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Philemon Bliss (1813-1889) —
Born in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., July 28,
1813.
Son of Asahel Bliss and Lydia Adams (Griswold) Bliss.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Ohio, 1848-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1855-59; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1861-65; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1868-72; law
professor.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
25, 1889 (age 76 years, 28
days).
Interment at Columbia Cemetery.
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James Sidney Rollins (1812-1888) —
also known as James S. Rollins —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, 1812.
Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1861-65 (2nd District 1861-63, 9th
District 1863-65).
Died in 1888
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Columbia Cemetery.
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Max Schwabe (1905-1983) —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born near Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., December
6, 1905.
Son of Dr. George Washington Schwabe and Lulu Margaret (Stotts)
Schwabe.
Republican. Insurance
agent; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1943-49; defeated,
1948, 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1972.
Christian.
Member, Optimist
Club.
Died in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., July 31,
1983 (age 77 years, 237
days).
Interment at Columbia Cemetery.
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Willard Duncan Vandiver (1854-1932) —
also known as Willard D. Vandiver —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Hardy
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 30,
1854.
Son of Rev. L. H. Vandiver and Mary Ann (Vance) Vandiver.
Democrat. College
teacher; president,
State Normal School (now Southeast Missouri State University),
1893-97; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1897-1905; Missouri
Insurance Commissioner, 1905-09; vice-president, Central States Life
Insurance Co., 1911-12; Assistant Treasurer of the United States,
1913-21.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
The phrase, "I'm from Missouri, you've got to show me" is attributed
to him.
Died May 30,
1932 (age 78 years, 61
days).
Interment at Columbia Cemetery.
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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.
Son of Frederick Andrew Dalton and Ida (Poage) Dalton.
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.
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Rosemary Lucas Ginn (1912-2003) —
also known as Rosemary L. Ginn; Rosemary Bewick Lucas;
Mrs. M. Stanley Ginn —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., August
28, 1912.
Daughter of Reuben E. Lucas and Mary (Bewick) Lucas.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1956
(alternate), 1972;
member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1960-79; U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1976-77.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Delta
Delta Delta; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died in Osage Beach Health
Care Center, Osage Beach, Camden
County, Mo., January
3, 2003 (age 90 years, 128
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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| Politicians who have
monuments here: |
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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) —
also known as "Apostle of Liberty"; "Sage of
Monticello"; "Friend of the People";
"Father of the University of Virginia" —
of Albemarle
County, Va.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., April 13,
1743.
Son of Peter Jefferson and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76, 1783-84; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of
Virginia, 1779-81; member of Virginia state legislature, 1782;
U.S. Minister to France, 1785-89; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1790-93; Vice
President of the United States, 1797-1801; President
of the United States, 1801-09; defeated (Democratic-Republican),
1796.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He was elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the
U.S. nickel
(five
cent coin) since 1938, and on the $2
bill since the 1860s.
Died near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., July 4,
1826 (age 83 years, 82
days).
Interment at Monticello
Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.; cenotaph
at University of Missouri Quadrangle; memorial monument at West
Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Jefferson and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson; married, January
1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton (died 1782); third cousin once
removed of John
Marshall; father-in-law of Thomas
Mann Randolph and John
Wayles Eppes; uncle of Dabney
Carr; great-granduncle of John
Jordan Crittenden; second cousin once removed of William
Segar Archer; granduncle of Dabney
Smith Carr; grandfather of Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who
married Nicholas
Philip Trist), Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; great-grandfather of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick
Madison Roberts; second great-grandfather of John
Gardner Coolidge; ancestor of Lloyd
Lee Gravely. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Jefferson
M. Levy — Joshua
Fry |
| | | Jefferson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Mont., Neb., N.Y., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., Tenn., Tex., Wash., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Thomas
Jefferson Campbell
— Thomas
Jefferson Kennard
— Thomas
J. Gazley
— Thomas
Jefferson Word
— Thomas
J. Drake
— Thomas
Jefferson Heard
— Thomas
Jefferson Green
— Thomas
Jefferson Rusk
— Thomas
Jefferson Withers
— Thomas
J. Parsons
— Thomas
J. Dryer
— Thomas
J. Foster
— Thomas
J. Henley
— Thomas
J. Barr
— Thomas
Jefferson Jennings
— Thomas
J. Henderson
— Thomas
Jefferson Van Alstyne
— Thomas
Jefferson Cason
— Thomas
Jefferson Buford
— T.
Jefferson Coolidge
— Thomas
J. Megibben
— Thomas
J. Bunn
— Thomas
J. Hardin
— Thomas
J. Brown
— Thomas
Jefferson Speer
— Thomas
J. Boynton
— Thomas
J. Hudson
— Thomas
J. Selby
— Thomas
Jefferson Deavitt
— Thomas
Jefferson Majors
— Thomas
Jefferson Wood
— Thomas
Jefferson Nunn
— Thomas
J. Strait
— Thomas
J. Humes
— T.
J. Appleyard
— Thomas
J. Clunie
— Thomas
J. Steele
— Thomas
J. Boynton
— Thomas
J. Halsey
— Thomas
Jefferson Lilly
— Thomas
J. Randolph
— Tom
J. Terral
— T.
Jeff Busby
— Thomas
Jefferson Murphy
— Thomas
J. Hamilton
— Thomas
J. Ryan
— Tom
J. Murray
— Tom
Steed
— Thomas
J. Anderson
— Thomas
Jefferson Roberts
— Thomas
J. Barlow III
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| | | Personal motto: "Rebellion to tyrants
is obedience to God." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Thomas Jefferson: Joseph J.
Ellis, American
Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson — Willard
Sterne Randall, Thomas
Jefferson : A Life — R. B. Bernstein, Thomas
Jefferson — Joyce Appleby, Thomas
Jefferson — Gore Vidal, Inventing
A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling,
Adams
vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — Susan
Dunn, Jefferson's
Second Revolution : The Election Crisis of 1800 —
Andrew Burstein, Jefferson's
Secret: Death and Desire at Monticello — Christopher
Hitchens, Thomas
Jefferson : Author of America |
| | | Critical books about Thomas Jefferson:
Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's
Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the
Judiciary |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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