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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.
Brother of John
Montgomery 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).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Henry Davidson (1841-1911) —
of Wheatland, Hickory
County, Mo.
Born near Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., June 26,
1841.
Son of Alfred Love Davidson (1817-1871) and Mary Jane (Adams)
Davidson (1819-1890); married, January
24, 1869, to Mary F. Allen (born 1851).
Democrat. Farmer;
lawyer; candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives, 1874, 1876; candidate for Missouri
state senate, 1886.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in El Dorado Springs, Cedar
County, Mo., February
10, 1911 (age 69 years, 229
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
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Dwight Filley Davis (1879-1945) —
also known as Dwight F. Davis —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 5,
1879.
Son of John Tilden Davis and Maria (Filley) Davis; married, November
15, 1905, to Helen Brooks (died 1932); married, May 8,
1936, to Pauline
Morton Sabin.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1925-29; Governor of
the Philippine Islands, 1929-32.
Baptist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Founder of the Davis Cup tennis tournament.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
28, 1945 (age 66 years, 146
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ilus Winfield Davis (1917-1996) —
also known as Ilus W. Davis —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., April 22,
1917.
Son of Dean Davis and Emma Josephine (Severs) Davis; married, November
8, 1946, to Beatrice Buecking.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1963-71; director of several banks.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died September
4, 1996 (age 79 years, 135
days).
Cremated.
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Webster Davis (1861-1923) —
also known as Web Davis —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Ebensburg, Cambria
County, Pa., June 1,
1861.
Shoemaker;
lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1892; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1894-95.
Died in 1923
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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L. B. Day (1889-1938) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Westboro, Atchison
County, Mo., February
3, 1889.
Son of Frank Day and Sarah (Rowan) Day; married, April 10,
1916, to Neva Emma Grimwood.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Nebraska 4th District,
1921-29; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1929-38; died in office 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died November
22, 1938 (age 49 years, 292
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Renwick Dean (1862-1936) —
also known as James R. Dean —
of Broken Bow, Custer
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
15, 1862.
Son of Henry Dean and Ellen Margaret (Armour) Dean; married, January
14, 1892, to Jennie E. Sutton.
Democrat. Lawyer; Custer
County Attorney, 1895-99; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1908-10, 1917-35; Presidential
Elector for Nebraska, 1912.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Odd
Fellows.
Died January
5, 1936 (age 73 years, 112
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Albaugh DeArmond (1844-1909) —
also known as David A. DeArmond —
of Greenfield, Dade
County, Mo.; Butler, Bates
County, Mo.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., March 18,
1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate, 1879-83; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1884;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1886-90; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1891-1909 (12th District 1891-93,
6th District 1893-1909); died in office 1909.
Killed in a house fire,
Butler, Bates
County, Mo., November
23, 1909 (age 65 years, 250
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Butler, Mo.
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Richard J. DeCoster (b. 1921) —
of Canton, Lewis
County, Mo.
Born in Ewing, Lewis
County, Mo., July 10,
1921.
Married to Jane Herst.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school
teacher; lawyer; elected Missouri
state house of representatives from Lewis County 1964.
Catholic.
Still living as of 1967.
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John Jefferson DeHaven (1845-1913) —
also known as John J. DeHaven —
of Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., March 12,
1845.
Son of Jacob D. DeHaven; married, June 24,
1872, to Zernah Jane Ball.
Republican. Lawyer; Humboldt
County District Attorney, 1867-69; member of California
state assembly 27th District, 1869-71; member of California
state senate, 1871-73; superior court judge in California,
1884-89; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1889-90; defeated,
1882; justice of
California state supreme court, 1890-95; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1897-1903.
Died in Yountville, Napa
County, Calif., January
26, 1913 (age 67 years, 320
days).
Interment at Olivet
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Clement Cabell Dickinson (1849-1938) —
also known as Clement C. Dickinson —
of Clinton, Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., December
6, 1849.
Son of Asa Dupuy Dickinson and Sallie Cabell (Irvine) Dickinson.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Henry
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1876-82; Presidential Elector for
Missouri, 1896;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1900-02; member of Missouri
state senate, 1902-06; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1910-21, 1923-29, 1931-35 (6th
District 1910-21, 1923-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35); defeated,
1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Died in Clinton, Henry
County, Mo., January
14, 1938 (age 88 years, 39
days).
Interment at Englewood
Cemetery, Clinton, Mo.
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Hugh Anderson Dinsmore (1850-1930) —
also known as Hugh A. Dinsmore —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Cave Springs, Benton
County, Ark., December
24, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Arkansas, 1884;
U.S. Minister to Korea, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1893-1905 (5th District 1893-1903,
3rd District 1903-05).
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 2,
1930 (age 79 years, 129
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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James Isaac Dolliver (1894-1978) —
also known as James I. Dolliver —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Park Ridge, Cook
County, Ill., August
31, 1894.
Nephew of Jonathan
Prentiss Dolliver; son of Rev. Robert H. Dolliver and Mary Elle
(Barrett) Dolliver; married, October
23, 1923, to Betty Morgan (died 1925); married, September
4, 1928, to Rachael McCreight.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Webster
County Attorney, 1924-29; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1942; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1945-57; defeated, 1956;
member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Delta
Chi.
Died in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., December
10, 1978 (age 84 years, 101
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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Forrest C. Donnell (1884-1980) —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Quitman, Nodaway
County, Mo., August
20, 1884.
Son of John Cary Donnell and Barbara Lee (Waggoner) Donnell; married,
January
29, 1913, to Hilda Hays.
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.
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Philip Matthew Donnelly (1891-1961) —
also known as Phil M. Donnelly —
of Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.
Born in Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo., March 6,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives; elected 1922; member of Missouri
state senate 27th District, 1925-44; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1940,
1948;
Governor
of Missouri, 1945-49, 1953-57.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died September
12, 1961 (age 70 years, 190
days).
Interment at Lebanon
Cemetery, Lebanon, Mo.; statue at Laclede
County Courthouse Grounds, Lebanon, Mo.
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John Dougherty (1857-1905) —
of Liberty, Clay
County, Mo.
Born in Iatan, Platte
County, Mo., February
25, 1857.
Married to Annie Park.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Clay
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1899-1905.
Died in Liberty, Clay
County, Mo., August 1,
1905 (age 48 years, 157
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Liberty, Mo.
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James G. Dudley (b. 1848) —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Marion
County, Mo., April 8,
1848.
Married 1875
to Jennie E. Blair.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1894-96; member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1896-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eldon Steven Dummit (b. 1896) —
also known as Eldon S. Dummit —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Monett, Barry
County, Mo., August 6,
1896.
Son of Flemon R. Dummit and Ludema (Marbut) Dummit; married, August 4,
1926, to Christine Shouse.
Republican. Lawyer; director, Central Exchange Bank; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1944; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1947; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1948.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Optimist
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Meloan Duncan (1889-1974) —
also known as Richard M. Duncan —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Platte
County, Mo., November
10, 1889.
Son of Richard F. Duncan and Margaret (Meloan) Duncan; married, June 4,
1913, to Glenna Davenport.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1933-43 (at-large 1933-35, 3rd
District 1935-43); defeated, 1942; U.S.
District Judge for Missouri, 1943.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., August 1,
1974 (age 84 years, 264
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Samuel Benjamin Dunlap (b. 1888) —
also known as S. Ben Dunlap —
of Caldwell, Canyon
County, Idaho.
Born in St. Charles
County, Mo., February
22, 1888.
Son of Robert Hamilton Dunlap and Carolyn Ada (Pearce) Dunlap;
married, October
12, 1910, to Elizabeth Jacoby Bedford.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Caldwell, Idaho, 1938-39; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Idaho, 1940;
justice
of Idaho state supreme court, 1942-45; appointed 1942.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clyne Ward Durst, Jr. (b. 1930) —
also known as Clyne W. Durst, Jr. —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
27, 1930.
Son of Dorothy (Bichmann) Durst and Clyne Ward Durst, Sr.
(1908-1992); married to Jean M. Luethjohan.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Lenawee County,
1961-62.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Elks.
Still living as of 1962.
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David Patterson Dyer (1838-1924) —
also known as David P. Dyer —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Henry
County, Va., February
12, 1838.
Nephew of Benjamin
Dyer; son of David
Dalton Dyer; first cousin of Benjamin
F. Dyer, Jr.; uncle of Leonidas
Carstarphen Dyer; relative of Otis M.
Dyer.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1888,
1900;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1869-71; candidate for
Governor
of Missouri, 1880; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1902-07; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1907.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 29,
1924 (age 86 years, 77
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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James J. Eagan (1926-2000) —
also known as "The Jolly Green Giant" —
of Florissant, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March 4,
1926.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Florissant, Mo., 1963-2000.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of an adverse
reaction to a prescription drug, in St. John's Mercy Medical
Center, St.
Louis, Mo., November
2, 2000 (age 74 years, 243
days); body donated
to science.
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Henry Ide Eager (b. 1895) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., July 16,
1895.
Son of Dr. Ben F. Eager and Carrie (Downer) Eager; married, December
2, 1922, to Claudine Gossett.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1955-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Francis Eagleton (1929-2007) —
also known as Thomas F. Eagleton —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
4, 1929.
Son of Mark David Eagleton and Zitta Louise (Swanson) Eagleton;
married, February
12, 1956, to Barbara Ann Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; Missouri
state attorney general, 1961-65; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1965-69; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1969-87; nominee for Vice
President of the United States 1972.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Richmond Heights, St. Louis
County, Mo., March 4,
2007 (age 77 years, 181
days); body
donated to Washington University School of Medicine.
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Waldo Edwards (b. 1883) —
of Macon, Macon
County, Mo.
Born June 24,
1883.
Married to Ruth Hughes.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 2nd Circuit,
1955.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edgar Clarence Ellis (1854-1947) —
also known as Edgar C. Ellis —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Vermontville, Eaton
County, Mich., October
2, 1854.
Son of Elmer Eugene Ellis and Jane Maria (Halstead) Ellis; married,
July
20, 1882, to Emily Hatch Roy (died 1931); married, November
5, 1936, to Katherine M. Morgan.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1905-09, 1921-23,
1925-27, 1929-31; defeated, 1922, 1930.
Congregationalist.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 15,
1947 (age 92 years, 164
days).
Cremated.
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William Price Elmer (1871-1956) —
also known as William P. Elmer —
of Salem, Dent
County, Mo.
Born in Robertsville, Franklin
County, Mo., March 2,
1871.
Married, December
9, 1896, to Amie Adelmann.
Republican. Lawyer; Dent
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-96; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1908
(alternate), 1912;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1940; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1943-45; defeated,
1944.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Salem, Dent
County, Mo., May 11,
1956 (age 85 years, 70
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mo.
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Politte Elvins (1878-1943) —
of Elvins, St.
Francois County, Mo.; Bonne Terre, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in French Village, St. Francois
County, Mo., March 16,
1878.
Son of Jesse Mahogan Elvins (1841-1925) and Zelma (Politte) Elvins;
married, November
25, 1901, to Florence Kells.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1909-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1912;
delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922-23; member of
Missouri
state house of representatives, 1929-30; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1940.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex., January
14, 1943 (age 64 years, 304
days).
Cremated.
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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.
Son of Robert Sylvester Fadeley and Nellie (Norman) Fadeley; married,
June
11, 1953, to Nancie Newell Peacocke.
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; 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.
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Mary Fallin (b. 1954) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo., December
9, 1954.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1990-94; Lieutenant
Governor of Oklahoma, 1995-2007; resigned 2007; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 2004;
U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 2007-.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles B. Faris (b. 1864) —
of Caruthersville, Pemiscot
County, Mo.
Born near Charleston, Tallahatchie
County, Miss., October
3, 1864.
Son of James White Faris and Willie Ann (Stovall) Faris; married, August
22, 1894, to Anna
L. McClanahan.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1891-92; Pemiscot
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1893-99; president, Bank of
Caruthersville, 1898-1910; circuit judge in Missouri 28th Circuit,
1910-12; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1913-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1919-30.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Lee Faust (1879-1928) —
also known as Charles L. Faust —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Bellefontaine, Logan
County, Ohio, April 24,
1879.
Son of Wilson S. Faust and Ellen May Faust.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1921-28; died in
office 1928.
Died at U.S. Naval Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
17, 1928 (age 49 years, 237
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Highland, Kan.
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Scott Ferris (1877-1945) —
of Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.
Born in Neosho, Newton
County, Mo., November
3, 1877.
Son of Scott Ferris and Anna M. (Thorp) Ferris; married 1906 to Grace
Hobbert.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Oklahoma
territorial legislature, 1904-05; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1907-21 (5th District 1907-15, 6th
District 1915-21); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1912
(speaker),
1916;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1924-40; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 8,
1945 (age 67 years, 217
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg (1837-1908) —
of Missouri.
Born near Cologne, Prussia (Köln, Germany),
April
6, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1864-68; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1869-73; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1905-07;
resigned 1907.
Died in Denver,
Colo., May 18,
1908 (age 71 years, 42
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Nathan Frank (1852-1931) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
23, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1889-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1896
(member, Arrangements
Committee; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Jewish.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 5,
1931 (age 79 years, 41
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Affton, Mo.
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Benjamin Joseph Franklin (1839-1898) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., 1839.
Father of Alfred
Franklin.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Kansas
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1875-79; U.S. Consul
in Hankow, 1885-90; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1896-97.
Episcopalian.
Died of heart
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 18,
1898 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Wirt Franklin (1883-1962) —
of Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.
Born in Richmond, Ray
County, Mo., March 22,
1883.
Son of John H. Franklin and Irene (Hudgins) Franklin; married, August 5,
1902, to Mary Cecile Collyer (divorced 1922); married, June 29,
1923, to Virginia Doss.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
producer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1932,
1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died September
24, 1962 (age 79 years, 186
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla.
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Ezra H. Frisby —
of Bethany, Harrison
County, Mo.
Father of Frank
M. Frisby.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank M. Frisby (b. 1888) —
of Bethany, Harrison
County, Mo.
Born in Bethany, Harrison
County, Mo., March 8,
1888.
Son of Ezra
H. Frisby; married, January
22, 1914, to Maude Neville.
Republican. Lawyer; Harrison
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Missouri
state senate, 1943-52 (4th District 1943-46, 14th District
1947-52); delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1948.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Franklin Fulbright (1877-1948) —
also known as James F. Fulbright —
of Doniphan, Ripley
County, Mo.
Born near Millersville, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., January
24, 1877.
Son of Peter H. Fulbright and Eleanor Fulbright; married, October
8, 1905, to Maude Estelle Barfield.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Ripley
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-12; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1913-19; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1923-25, 1927-29,
1931-33; defeated, 1924, 1928, 1932; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1928;
Judge, Missouri Court of
Appeals, 1937-48; died in office 1948.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April 5,
1948 (age 71 years, 72
days).
Interment at Doniphan
Cemetery, Doniphan, Mo.
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James William Fulbright (1905-1995) —
also known as J. William Fulbright —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Sumner, Chariton
County, Mo., April 9,
1905.
Son of Jay Fulbright and Roberta (Waugh) Fulbright; married, June 15,
1932, to Elizabeth Williams.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1943-45; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1945-74; resigned 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1948,
1956.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary.
Died of a stroke, in
Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1995 (age 89 years, 306
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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James Britton Gantt (b. 1845) —
Born in Putnam
County, Ga., October
26, 1845.
Son of Henry Gantt and Sarah Gantt.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1880-86; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1890-1903.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Longdon Gay (b. 1866) —
also known as John L. Gay —
Born in Pizgah, Cooper
County, Mo., June 23,
1866.
Son of Thomas C. Gay and Mary Ann (Hill) Gay; married, November
18, 1915, to Gertrude Mary Vidler.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Puerto Rico, 1928-31.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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North Todd Gentry (1866-1944) —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., March 2,
1866.
Son of Thomas Benton Gentry and Mary (Todd) Gentry; married, October
8, 1896, to Ulie Denny.
Republican. Lawyer; Missouri
state attorney general, 1925-28; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1928;
justice
of Missouri state supreme court, 1929; circuit judge in Missouri,
1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died September
18, 1944 (age 78 years, 200
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Andrew Gephardt (b. 1941) —
also known as Richard A. Gephardt; Dick
Gephardt —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
31, 1941.
Married 1966
to Jane Byrnes; relative of James
Matthes Talent.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1977-2005; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1988,
2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2009.
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Floyd R. Gibson (b. 1910) —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., March 3,
1910.
Married 1935
to Gertrude Lee Walker.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1941-46; member of Missouri
state senate 8th District, 1947-52; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1956,
1960.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings (1816-1897) —
also known as Napoleon B. Giddings —
of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.; Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.; Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.
Born near Boonsborough, Clark
County, Ky., January
2, 1816.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;
lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Nebraska Territory, 1855; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo., August 3,
1897 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Savannah, Mo.
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D. W. Gilmore (b. 1911) —
of Benton, Scott
County, Mo.
Born in East Prairie, Mississippi
County, Mo., December
25, 1911.
Married, February
26, 1933, to Dorothy A. DeField.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
Scott
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1947-48; member of Missouri
state senate 27th District, 1949-51; resigned 1951; president,
Young Democratic Clubs of America, 1949-51.
Christian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr. (1919-2006) —
also known as Sam Goddard —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo., August 8,
1919.
Son of Samuel Pearson Goddard, Sr.; married 1944 to Julia
Enos 'Judy' Hatch (died 1999); father of Samuel
Pearson Goddard III.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; Arizona
Democratic state chair, 1960-62, 1979-89; Governor of
Arizona, 1965-67; defeated, 1962, 1966, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1972.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Rotary.
Died in Paradise Valley, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
1, 2006 (age 86 years, 177
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph H. Goldenhersh (1914-1992) —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
2, 1914.
Lawyer; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1964-70; justice of
Illinois state supreme court 5th District, 1970-87.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of a stroke
following heart
surgery, March 11,
1992 (age 77 years, 130
days).
Interment at Beth
Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery, Ladue, Mo.
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John Milford Goldesberry (b. 1876) —
also known as John M. Goldesberry —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born near Osceola, St. Clair
County, Mo., March 13,
1876.
Son of Joseph Alexander Goldesberry and Easter Ann (Cooley)
Goldesberry; married, May 30,
1900, to Fannie M. Stevens.
Republican. Carpenter;
lawyer; Tulsa
County Attorney, 1922-25; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1925-33.
Disciples
of Christ.
Burial
location unknown.
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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;
married, April 22,
1885, to Estelle B. Maurer.
Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for railroad;
Judge, Missouri Court of
Appeals, 1901-10; law
professor.
Burial
location unknown.
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McQuown F. Gose (1859-1942) —
also known as Mack F. Gose —
of Pomeroy, Garfield
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.
Born in Sullivan
County, Mo., July 8,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Washington state supreme court; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Washington, 1932.
Died, from bronchial
asthma and bronchiectasis,
in Pomeroy, Garfield
County, Wash., January
31, 1942 (age 82 years, 207
days).
Interment somewhere
in Pomeroy, Wash.
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Joseph Jackson Gravely (1828-1872) —
also known as Joseph J. Gravely —
of Stockton, Cedar
County, Mo.
Born near Leatherwood, Henry
County, Va., September
5, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-54; delegate to
Missouri state constitutional convention, 1860; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1867-69; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1871-72; died in office 1872.
Died in Stockton, Cedar
County, Mo., April 28,
1872 (age 43 years, 236
days).
Interment at Lindley
Prairie Cemetery, Near Bear Creek, Cedar County, Mo.
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Alexander Graves (1844-1916) —
of Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.
Born in Mt. Carmel, Covington
County, Miss., August
25, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1883-85.
Died in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., December
23, 1916 (age 72 years, 120
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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James Stephen Green (1817-1870) —
also known as James S. Green —
of Canton, Lewis
County, Mo.
Born near Rectortown, Fauquier
County, Va., February
28, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 4th District,
1845-46; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1847-51; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to New Grenada, 1853-54; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1857-61.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
19, 1870 (age 52 years, 325
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Canton, Mo.
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Martha Wright Griffiths (1912-2003) —
also known as Martha W. Griffiths; Martha Edna
Wright —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Romeo, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Pierce City, Lawrence
County, Mo., January
29, 1912.
Daughter of Charles Elbridge Wright and Nell (Sullinger) Wright;
married to Hicks
George Griffiths.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1947; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1949-52; defeated in primary, 1946; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1955-74; defeated,
1952; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1953; appointed 1953;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1984;
Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1983-90.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Died in 2003
(age about
91 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold (1890-1940) —
also known as Glenn Griswold —
of Peru, Miami
County, Ind.
Born in New Haven, Franklin
County, Mo., January
20, 1890.
Son of Sylvanus C. Griswold and Annie Louise (Hasenfratz) Griswold;
married, November
27, 1913, to Edith Connally.
Democrat. Lawyer; Miami
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-26; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1931-39 (11th District 1931-33, 5th
District 1933-39).
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1940
(age about
50 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Peru, Ind.
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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; married, October
8, 1901, to Agnes Lee (1876-1946).
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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John Sharpenstein Hager (1818-1890) —
also known as John S. Hager —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., March 12,
1818.
Son of Lawrence Hager and Mary (Sharpenstein) Hager; married 1872 to
Elizabeth (Lucas) Hicks.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state senate, 1852-54, 1865-71; district judge in California,
1855-61; U.S.
Senator from California, 1873-75; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee); delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1879; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1885-89.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., March 19,
1890 (age 72 years, 7
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Bayard Taylor Hainer (1860-1933) —
also known as Bayard T. Hainer —
of Perry, Noble
County, Okla.
Born in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., May 31,
1860.
Married, October
6, 1891, to Florence Weatherby (1868-1956).
Republican. Lawyer; journalist;
author;
justice
of Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1898; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1920; chief counsel,
Federal Trade Commission, 1925-27.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 10,
1933 (age 73 years, 40
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Willard Preble Hall (1820-1882) —
also known as Willard P. Hall —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Harpers Ferry, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.), May 9,
1820.
Son of John Hall and Statica (Preble) Hall; brother of William
Augustus Hall; married, October
28, 1847, to Ann Eliza Richardson; married, June 22,
1864, to Ollie C. Oliver (daughter of Mordecai
Oliver); uncle of Uriel
Sebree Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1847-53; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1861-64; Governor of
Missouri, 1864-65.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
3, 1882 (age 62 years, 178
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Edward Allen Hannegan (1807-1859) —
also known as Edward A. Hannegan —
of Covington, Fountain
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 25,
1807.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832-33, 1841-42; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1833-37; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1843-49; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1849-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
In May, 1852, during a drunken
argument, he stabbed
his brother-in-law, Captain Duncan, who died the next
day.
Died from overdose of
morphine (probably suicide),
in St.
Louis, Mo., February
25, 1859 (age 51 years, 245
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Robert Emmet Hannegan (1903-1949) —
also known as Robert E. Hannegan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 30,
1903.
Son of John Patrick Hannegan and Anna (Holden) Hannegan; married, November
14, 1929, to Irma Protzmann.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1940;
U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1943; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1944-47; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1945-47; part owner of the St. Louis
Cardinals baseball
team, 1947-49.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Nu
Phi.
Died suddenly from a heart
ailment, in St.
Louis, Mo., October
6, 1949 (age 46 years, 98
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Louis Folwell Hart (1862-1929) —
also known as Louis F. Hart —
of Washington.
Born in High Point, Moniteau
County, Mo., January
4, 1862.
Son of Thomas J. Hart and Harriet (Van Artsdalin) Hart; married 1881 to Ella
James.
Republican. Lawyer; fire
insurance business; Lieutenant
Governor of Washington, 1913-19; Governor of
Washington, 1919-25.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks; Redmen.
Died December
5, 1929 (age 67 years, 335
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Park, Tumwater, Wash.
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Moses Hartmann (b. 1872) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born November
26, 1872.
Son of Ignatz Hartmann and Anna (Kohn) Hartmann; married, November
16, 1898, to Carrie A. Scooler.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri, 1919-37.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; B'nai
B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) —
also known as Harry B. Hawes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
15, 1869.
Grandson of Richard
Hawes; grandnephew of Albert
Gallatin Hawes; son of Smith Nicholas Hawes and Susan Elizabeth
(Simrall) Hawes; married, November
15, 1899, to Eppes Osborne Robinson.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1928;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1916;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1917; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Economic Association; Izaak
Walton League; Audubon
Society; American
Forestry Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died July 31,
1947 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Edward Dixon Hays (1872-1941) —
also known as Edward D. Hays —
of Jackson, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.; Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born near Oak Ridge, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., April 28,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Missouri, 1907-18; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1919-23; defeated,
1922.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 25,
1941 (age 69 years, 88
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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John Brooks Henderson (1826-1913) —
also known as John B. Henderson —
of Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Danville, Pittsylvania
County, Va., November
16, 1826.
Son of James Henderson and Jane (Dawson) Henderson; married, June 25,
1868, to Mary N. Foote (born 1844; author).
Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1848-50, 1856-58; Presidential
Elector for Missouri, 1856,
1860;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1860;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1862-69; Republican candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1884.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 12,
1913 (age 86 years, 147
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Walter Lewis Hensley (1871-1946) —
also known as Walter L. Hensley —
of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born near Pevely, Jefferson
County, Mo., September
3, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Francois County Prosecuting Attorney, 1898-1902; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1911-19; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1919-20.
Died in Ludington, Mason
County, Mich., July 18,
1946 (age 74 years, 318
days).
Interment at Sandy
Baptist Cemetery, Near Pevely, Jefferson County, Mo.
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Benjamin Clark Hilliard (1868-1951) —
also known as Benjamin C. Hilliard —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born near Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, January
9, 1868.
Married 1889
to Tida Zimmerman.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Colorado state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1915-19; defeated,
1918 (Independent), 1920, 1922, 1926; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1931-51; died in office 1951; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1939-41, 1949-51; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1944.
Christian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died August 7,
1951 (age 83 years, 210
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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David E. Horn (b. 1908) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 20,
1908.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1942; member of Missouri
state senate 6th District, 1947-50.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Jodon Horton (b. 1877) —
also known as Frank J. Horton —
of Davis City, Decatur
County, Iowa; Goodland, Sherman
County, Kan.
Born in Missouri, October
18, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kansas, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jefferson Davis Hostetter (1861-1935) —
also known as Jefferson D. Hostetter —
of Missouri.
Born in Pike
County, Mo., November
13, 1861.
Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1917-18; member of Missouri
state senate 11th District, 1921-24.
Died October
4, 1935 (age 73 years, 325
days).
Interment at Stark-Jump
Cemetery, Pike County, Mo.
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Byron O. House (1902-1969) —
of Nashville, Washington
County, Ill.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
27, 1902.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Illinois, 1956-57; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1957-69 (1st District 1957-63, 5th
District 1964-69); chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1959-60.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Pi Kappa
Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., September
27, 1969 (age 67 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Alfred Houts (b. 1868) —
also known as Charles A. Houts —
of Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo.; Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo., December
13, 1868.
Son of George William Houts and Annie (Duffield) Houts; married, April 8,
1896, to Eleanor Wright.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1910-14.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gerald Hughes (b. 1875) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Richmond, Ray
County, Mo., July 8,
1875.
Son of Charles
James Hughes, Jr.; married 1908 to Mabel
Y. Nagel.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Colorado
state senate, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); chairman, First National Bank of
Denver; director, Denver and Salt Lake Railway.
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Waldemar Hukriede (1878-1945) —
also known as Theodore W. Hukriede —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, Mo.
Born near New Truxton, Warren
County, Mo., November
9, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Missouri, 1910-20; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1916-18; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; member of Missouri state legislature.
Died in 1945
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Warrenton
Memorial Society Cemetery, Warrenton, Mo.
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Kenny C. Hulshof (b. 1958) —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born in Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo., May 22,
1958.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1997-; defeated, 1994;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 2004.
Catholic.
Member, Farm
Bureau.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Leonard Hungate (1922-2007) —
also known as William L. Hungate —
of Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Benton, Franklin
County, Ill., December
14, 1922.
Married 1944
to Dorothy Wilson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1964-77; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1979-92.
Christian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Injured in a fall at his
home, and died two weeks later, from surgery complications, in St.
Luke's Hospital,
Chesterfield, St. Louis
County, Mo., June 22,
2007 (age 84 years, 190
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Mastick Hyde (1877-1947) —
also known as Arthur M. Hyde —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.; Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo., July 12,
1877.
Son of Ira
Barnes Hyde and Caroline E. (Mastick) Hyde; married, October
19, 1904, to Hortense Cullers (brother of Charles
Horace Cullers); brother of Laurance
Mastick Hyde.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
Missouri, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1928;
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1929-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Upsilon.
Died, following cancer
surgery, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1947 (age 70 years, 97
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Trenton, Mo.
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Ira Barnes Hyde (1838-1926) —
also known as Ira B. Hyde —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.
Born near Guilford, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
18, 1838.
Father of Arthur
Mastick Hyde and Laurance
Mastick Hyde.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1873-75; defeated,
1874; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1884.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo., December
6, 1926 (age 88 years, 322
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, Mo.
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Laurance Mastick Hyde (1892-1978) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo., February
2, 1892.
Son of Ira
Barnes Hyde; brother of Arthur
Mastick Hyde; married to Florence Fuller; father of Florence Hyde
(who married Robert
Haines Frazier).
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1942-; 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.
Died in 1978
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Richard Howard Ichord II (1926-1992) —
also known as Richard Howard Ichord; Dick
Ichord —
of Houston, Texas
County, Mo.; Tantallon, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Licking, Texas
County, Mo., June 27,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1952-60; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1959-60; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1961-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1968.
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Lions;
Odd
Fellows; Phi Eta
Sigma; Delta
Sigma Pi; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Suffered a heart
attack and died one week later, in a hospital
at Houston, Texas
County, Mo., December
25, 1992 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Pine
Lawn Cemetery, Houston, Mo.
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William Leo Igoe (1879-1953) —
also known as William L. Igoe —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
19, 1879.
Son of Michael J. Igoe and Margaret (Heffernan) Igoe.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1913-21.
Catholic.
Died in 1953
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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David Herbert Jackson (b. 1943) —
of Osceola, St. Clair
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 28,
1943.
Son of Dan G. Jackson and Virginia M. (Hull) Jackson; married 1964 to Judith
Erin Johnson.
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1969; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Rotary; Optimist
Club.
Still living as of 1973.
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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; 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.
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, Columbia, Mo.; memorial monument at West
Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.
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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. 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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| | | Cross-reference: Jefferson
M. Levy — Joshua
Fry |
| | | See also Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Clay
family of New York |
| | | 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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Robert Davis Johnson (1883-1961) —
of Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.
Born near Slater, Saline
County, Mo., August
12, 1883.
Son of William Harvey Johnson and Sarah Jane (Davis) Johnson;
married, January
18, 1905, to Frances F. Speck.
Democrat. Lawyer; Saline
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1915-23; Saline
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1924-28; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1931-33.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died October
23, 1961 (age 78 years, 72
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.
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Waldo Porter Johnson (1817-1885) —
also known as Waldo P. Johnson —
of Missouri.
Born in Bridgeport, Harrison
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
16, 1817.
Nephew of Joseph
Johnson.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1847; state court judge in
Missouri, 1851; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Senator
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 15th District, 1875.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over his support
for secession.
Died in Osceola, St. Clair
County, Mo., August
14, 1885 (age 67 years, 332
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Finis Ewing Johnston (1843-1920) —
also known as Finis E. Johnston —
of California.
Born in Greene
County, Mo., November
11, 1843.
Lawyer; member of California
state assembly 20th District, 1883-85.
Died in Napa
County, Calif., May 14,
1920 (age 76 years, 185
days).
Interment at Tulocay
Cemetery, Napa, Calif.
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Rowland Louis Johnston (1872-1939) —
also known as Rowland L. Johnston —
of Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Born in Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., April 23,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1892; St.
Louis County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 16th District, 1929-31; defeated,
1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died September
22, 1939 (age 67 years, 152
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Rolla, Mo.
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A. Clifford Jones (b. 1921) —
of Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo.; Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
13, 1921.
Married, June 22,
1950, to Janet McAfee.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; president, Aluminum Truck
Bodies, Inc.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1951-58 (St. Louis County 4th
District 1951-52, St. Louis County 5th District 1953-58); member of
Missouri
state senate 7th District, 1965-81.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 1981.
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John Rice Jones (d. 1824) —
of Washington
County, Mo.
Born in Wales.
Father of John
Rice Jones (1792-1845) and George
Wallace Jones; grandfather of John
Rice Homer Scott.
Lawyer; Indiana
territory attorney general; member of Missouri
territorial legislature, 1814; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from Washington
County, 1820; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1820-24; died in office 1824.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
1, 1824.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Lee Jost (1873-1950) —
also known as Henry L. Jost —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1873.
Son of Simeon Jost and Lena (Bahr) Jost; married 1911 to Alice
Hanks.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1912-16; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1923-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died July 13,
1950 (age 76 years, 219
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriali Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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John W. Joynt (b. 1899) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
3, 1899.
Married, January
24, 1920, to Helen Raines.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit,
1935-40; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1955-66; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956.
Protestant.
Burial
location unknown.
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