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Thomas Peter Akers (1828-1877) —
of Missouri.
Born in Knox
County, Ohio, October
4, 1828.
School
teacher; college professor; pastor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1856-57.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., April 3,
1877 (age 48 years, 181
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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John David Ashcroft (b. 1942) —
also known as John Ashcroft —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 9,
1942.
Son of James Robert Ashcroft and Grace Pauline (Larson) Ashcroft.
Republican. Lawyer;
university professor; Missouri
state auditor, 1973-75; defeated, 1974; Missouri
state attorney general, 1977-85; Governor of
Missouri, 1985-93; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1995-2001; defeated, 2000; U.S.
Attorney General, 2001-05.
Assembly
of God. Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Rotary; Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas Swain Barclay (1892-1993) —
also known as Thomas S. Barclay; Tom
Barclay —
of California; Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
26, 1892.
Son of George Reppert Barclay and Lillie (Swain) Barclay.
Democrat. Professor of political science at Stanford
University, 1927-57; Presidential Elector for California, 1944;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1948;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1952.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., December
21, 1993 (age 101 years,
329 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Thomas Blair (b. 1871) —
also known as James T. Blair —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Loudon, Loudon
County, Tenn., November
11, 1871.
Son of Samuel Tate Blair (Confederate cavalryman) and Louise Matlock
(Osborne) Blair.
Democrat. College professor; president,
Obion College, 1895-96; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1899-1901; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1915-24; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1921-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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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, Columbia, Mo.
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William Patterson Borland (1867-1919) —
also known as William P. Borland —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., October
14, 1867.
Son of William Patterson Borland and Elizabeth (Hassan) Borland.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1909-19; died in
office 1919.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in U.S. Army Field Hospital
No. 31, near Coblenz (Koblenz), Germany,
February
20, 1919 (age 51 years, 129
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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George Augustus Bucklin, Jr. (b. 1875) —
also known as George A. Bucklin, Jr. —
of Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born in West Hartford, Ralls
County, Mo., October
5, 1875.
Son of George Augustus Bucklin and Mary Ann (Williamson) Bucklin.
University professor; U.S. Consul in San Luis Potosi, 1908-10; Bordeaux, 1914-19; Acapulco, 1922-24; Victoria, 1924-32; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1910-14.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1904
to Emeline Wood Porter. |
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Clarence Andrew Cannon (1879-1964) —
also known as Clarence Cannon —
of Elsberry, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Elsberry, Lincoln
County, Mo., April 11,
1879.
Son of John Randolph Cannon and Ida Glovina (Whiteside) Cannon.
Democrat. College professor; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1923-64 (9th District 1923-33,
at-large 1933-35, 9th District 1935-64); died in office 1964;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
Parliamentarian, 1948.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1964 (age 85 years, 31
days).
Interment at Elsberry
City Cemetery, Elsberry, Mo.
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Richard Livingston Goode (b. 1855) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Henry
County, Ky., February
4, 1855.
Son of William Thomas Goode and Martitia Elizabeth (Guthrie) Goode.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for railroad;
Judge, Missouri Court of
Appeals, 1901-10; law professor.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Spencer Hadley (1872-1927) —
also known as Herbert S. Hadley —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., February
20, 1872.
Son of Maj. John Milton Hadley.
Republican. Lawyer; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-03; Missouri
state attorney general, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1912,
1916;
Governor
of Missouri, 1909-13; law professor; Chancellor,
Washington University, 1923-27.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., December
1, 1927 (age 55 years, 284
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Arminius T. Haeberle (1874-1943) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
23, 1874.
Son of Rev. Louis Haeberle.
College instructor; school
principal; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1908-10; Tegucigalpa, 1910-13; SAINT Michaels, 1913-15; Pernambuco, 1915-23; Sao Paulo, 1923-25; U.S. Consul General in Dresden, 1925-36.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Rotary.
Died October
26, 1943 (age 69 years, 276
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Son of William H. Houston and Cornelia Anne (Stevens) Houston.
Superintendent
of schools; university professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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Claude Burton Hutchison (1885-1980) —
also known as Claude B. Hutchison —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., April 9,
1885.
Son of William Moses Hutchison and Ada (Smith) Hutchison.
Botanist;
agricultural
economist; university professor; mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1955-63.
Member, Alpha
Phi Omega.
Hutchison Hall, at the University of California at Davis, is named for
him.
Died August
25, 1980 (age 95 years, 138
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas William Nadal (b. 1875) —
also known as Thomas W. Nadal —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Milroy, Rush
County, Ind., June 17,
1875.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Nadal and Jerusha (Richey) Nadal.
Republican. College professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1911-17; appointed 1911; acting president,
Olivet College, Olivet, Mich., 1915-16; president,
Drury College, Springfield, Mo., 1917.
Congregationalist.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Modern
Language Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 2,
1909, to Kathryne Dillingham Wyckoff. |
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1911 |
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Gilbert Owen Nations (b. 1866) —
also known as Gilbert O. Nations —
of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Perry
County, Mo., August
18, 1866.
Son of James W. Nations and Caroline L. (Hart) Nations.
Lawyer;
probate judge in Missouri, 1903-11; university professor;
American candidate for President
of the United States, 1924.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) —
also known as Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wright City, Warren
County, Mo., June 21,
1892.
Son of Gustave Niebuhr and Lydia (Hosto) Niebuhr.
Pastor;
professor, Union Theological Seminary, 1928-60; Socialist
candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1930; Socialist candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; vice-chair of New York Liberal
Party, 1958.
Protestant.
German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the
Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1971 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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H. F. Patterson (1922-1965) —
also known as Pat Patterson —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born November
18, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
university professor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Boone County 2nd District,
1961-65; died in office 1965.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died March 30,
1965 (age 42 years, 132
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Margot Truman Patterson —
also known as Margot Truman —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Democrat. College instructor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Boone County 2nd District,
1965-66.
Female.
Christian.
Still living as of 1966.
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Walter Frederick Sanders (1880-1961) —
also known as W. F. Sanders —
of Parkville, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Silver Lake, Shawnee
County, Kan., April 27,
1880.
Son of William August Sanders (1844-1932) and Caroline (Dahlstrom)
Sanders (1846-1932).
Republican. College teacher; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Missouri, 1944;
chair
of Platte County Republican Party, 1949.
Presbyterian.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Modern
Language Association; American
Legion.
Died in Parkville, Platte
County, Mo., September
17, 1961 (age 81 years, 143
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dewey Jackson Short (1898-1979) —
also known as Dewey Short —
of Galena, Stone
County, Mo.
Born in Galena, Stone
County, Mo., April 7,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1929-31, 1935-57 (14th District
1929-31, 7th District 1935-57); defeated, 1930; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1932; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Tau Delta; Pi Gamma
Mu; Lions; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
19, 1979 (age 81 years, 226
days).
Interment at Galena
Cemetery, Galena, Mo.
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Son of Rev. Ross Stevenson and Martha A. (Harbison) Stevenson.
Democrat. Pastor;
college professor; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
president,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Frank William Taussig (1859-1940) —
also known as Frank W. Taussig; "The American
Marshall" —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
28, 1859.
Son of William Taussig and Adele (Wurpel) Taussig.
University professor; economist;
chair, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1917-19.
Member, American
Economic Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
11, 1940 (age 80 years, 319
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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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, Columbia, Mo.
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