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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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Albert Franklin Alder (1896-1977) —
also known as Bert Alder —
of Taylor, Loup
County, Neb.
Born in Stockton, Cedar
County, Mo., August 8,
1896.
Son of Simon Alder and Nancy (Leeper) Alder.
Republican. Farmer;
school teacher; postmaster;
lawyer;
Loup
County Judge, 1929-34; Loup
County Attorney; chair of
Loup County Republican Party, 1940.
Died in June, 1977
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George A. Allen, Jr. (1868-1932) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., June 30,
1868.
Son of George A. Allen and Anna Maria (Ellis) Allen.
Republican. School teacher; school principal; Kansas
superintendent of public instruction, 1927.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died December
7, 1932 (age 64 years, 160
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Washington Arnold (1879-1961) —
also known as Samuel W. Arnold; Wat Arnold —
of Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo.
Born near Downing, Schuyler
County, Mo., September
21, 1879.
Son of Cumberland Wilson Arnold and Mary Elizabeth (Hill) Arnold.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
lumber
dealer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1943-49; defeated,
1948, 1950.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Died in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., December
18, 1961 (age 82 years, 88
days).
Interment at Maple
Hills Cemetery, Kirksville, Mo.
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Samuel Aaron Baker (1874-1933) —
also known as Sam Aaron Baker —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Patterson, Wayne
County, Mo., November
7, 1874.
Son of Samuel Aaron Baker and Mary Amanda (McGhee) Baker.
Republican. School teacher and principal; Missouri
superintendent of schools, 1919-23; Governor of
Missouri, 1925-29; director, Cortez-King Brand Mining Co.;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., September
16, 1933 (age 58 years, 313
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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James Alexander Barks (1879-1936) —
also known as James A. Barks —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Millheim, Perry
County, Mo., August 7,
1879.
Son of Margaret Belinda (Blaylock) Barks (1843-1907) and Joseph Barks
(1851-1928).
School teacher and principal; lawyer; mayor
of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1921-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from septicemia
and acute
nephritis, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., February
10, 1936 (age 56 years, 187
days).
Interment at Cape
County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Wayne Winton Bayless (1895-1975) —
also known as Wayne W. Bayless —
of Claremore, Rogers
County, Okla.
Born in Cassville, Barry
County, Mo., August
27, 1895.
Son of John Melville Bayless (1851-1907) and Mary (Stubblefield)
Bayless (1856-1928).
Democrat. School teacher; automobile
dealer; lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1924; district judge
in Oklahoma, 1926-29; director, National Bank of
Claremore.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died December
17, 1975 (age 80 years, 112
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Claremore, Okla.
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Mary Bellamy (1861-1955) —
also known as Marie Godat; Mrs. Charles
Bellamy —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Richwoods, Washington
County, Mo., December
13, 1861.
Daughter of Charles Augustus Godat (1808-1860) and Catherine (Horine)
Godat (1822-1908).
Democrat. School teacher; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1911; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1916.
Female.
Swiss,
Dutch,
and English
ancestry.
First
woman legislator in Wyoming.
Died in Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., January
28, 1955 (age 93 years, 46
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1886
to Charles Bellamy (1851-1934). |
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Nancy E. Boyda (b. 1955) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August 2,
1955.
Democrat. Chemist;
school teacher; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 2007-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 2008.
Female.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Smith Wildman Brookhart (1869-1944) —
also known as Smith W. Brookhart —
of Washington, Washington
County, Iowa.
Born near Arbela, Scotland
County, Mo., February
2, 1869.
Son of Abram Colar Brookhart and Cynthia (Wildman) Brookhart.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
school teacher; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1922-26, 1927-33.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from heart
disease, in the Veterans Administration hospital
in Whipple, Yavapai
County, Ariz., November
15, 1944 (age 75 years, 287
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Washington, Iowa.
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Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan (1897-1968) —
also known as A. S. J. Carnahan —
of Ellsinore, Carter
County, Mo.
Born near Ellsinore, Carter
County, Mo., January
9, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher and principal; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1945-47, 1949-61;
defeated, 1946; U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, 1961-63.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Mayo Clinic Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March 24,
1968 (age 71 years, 75
days).
Interment at Carson
Hill Cemetery, Near Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo.
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Bobby D. Crim (b. 1931) —
of Davison, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo., December
10, 1931.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1965-66, 1973-82 (79th District
1965-66, 82nd District 1973-82); defeated, 1966; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1975-82;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1968;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1980;
member of Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1983-84; resigned 1984.
Protestant.
Member, Lions; National
Education Association; American
Federation of Teachers; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1984.
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Relatives:
Married 1953
to Lila F. Vogel. |
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Richard J. DeCoster (b. 1921) —
of Canton, Lewis
County, Mo.
Born in Ewing, Lewis
County, Mo., July 10,
1921.
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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Married to Jane Herst. |
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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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Mabel Louise Fain (1904-1997) —
also known as Louise Fain —
of Atoka, Atoka
County, Okla.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo., October
22, 1904.
Republican. School teacher; real estate
agent; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma,
1944.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American
Association of University Women.
Died December
2, 1997 (age 93 years, 41
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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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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.
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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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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Charles Lewis Hoover (1872-1949) —
also known as Charles L. Hoover —
of Edgemont, Fall River
County, S.Dak.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, January
11, 1872.
Son of Samuel A. Hoover and Miriam J. (Beardsley) Hoover.
Superintendent of schools; botanist;
linguist;
divisional superintendent of schools, Philippine Islands, 1902-09;
U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1909-12; Carlsbad, 1912-14; Prague, 1914-16; Sao Paulo, 1916-20; Danzig, 1922; Batavia, 1926; U.S. Consul General in Amsterdam, 1928-32.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 30,
1949 (age 77 years, 109
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Edward Michael Irwin (1869-1933) —
also known as Edward M. Irwin —
of New Athens, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born near Leasburg, Crawford
County, Mo., April 14,
1869.
Republican. School teacher; physician;
chair
of St. Clair County Republican Party, 1898-1924; St.
Clair County Coroner, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1925-31; defeated,
1930.
Died in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., January
30, 1933 (age 63 years, 291
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
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Annette Noble Morgan (c.1938-2001) —
also known as Annette Morgan —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo., about 1938.
Daughter of John
W. Noble.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives 39th District, 1981-97.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Died, of liver
cancer, in Research Medical
Center, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
18, 2001 (age about 63
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ada Belle Mills Nale (1882-1947) —
also known as Ada Belle Mills —
of West Plains, Howell
County, Mo.; Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.; Dutch Flat, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Gallatin
County, Ill., October
6, 1882.
Daughter of Joseph L. Mills and Lavina E. (Allyn) Mills.
Democrat. School teacher; postmaster;
member of Missouri
Democratic State Central Committee.
Female.
Died, of liver
cancer, in Sutter Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., March 4,
1947 (age 64 years, 149
days).
Interment at Sierra
View Memorial Patk, Marysville, Calif.
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Fred V. Pace (b. 1919) —
of Versailles, Morgan
County, Mo.
Born in Gravois Mills, Morgan
County, Mo., April 6,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; farmer; real estate
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Morgan County; elected 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 1967.
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Emma Follin Parsons —
also known as Emma Parsons; Mrs. Clifford W.
Parsons —
of Ruby, Santa Cruz
County, Ariz.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Fairport, DeKalb
County, Mo.
Republican. School teacher; member of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1940-48.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Delta Delta; Daughters of the
American Revolution; American
Association of University Women.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jessica Kinnison Payne (b. 1899) —
also known as Jessica Payne; Jessie Payne; Mrs. E.
Wyatt Payne; "Mrs. G.O.P." —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in O'Fallon, St. Charles
County, Mo., February
26, 1899.
Republican. School teacher; secretary of
West Virginia Republican Party, 1949-51; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1957-58;
defeated, 1958.
Female.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marion Edwards Rhodes (1868-1928) —
also known as Marion E. Rhodes —
of Potosi, Washington
County, Mo.
Born near Glenallen, Bollinger
County, Mo., January
4, 1868.
Son of Robert Rhodes and Georgia (Floyd) Rhodes.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Washington
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1900-04; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1902-04; member of Missouri
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1905-07, 1919-23;
defeated, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1908.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in 1928
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Potosi, Mo.
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James Theodore Ronald (1855-1950) —
also known as James T. Ronald —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Caledonia, Washington
County, Mo., April 8,
1855.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1892-94; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1900; superior court
judge in Washington, 1909-49.
Died, from influenza,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
27, 1950 (age 95 years, 263
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Byrd Fanita Sawyer (b. 1895) —
also known as Byrd Fanita Wall; Mrs. Harry W.
Sawyer —
of Fallon, Churchill
County, Nev.; Sparks, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo., May 5,
1895.
Daughter of Henry J. Wall and Burd (McIlvaine) Wall.
Democrat. School teacher; librarian;
Presidential Elector for Nevada, 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952.
Female.
Member, American
Association of University Women; National
Education Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Sigma Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jeanne Shaheen (b. 1947) —
also known as Jeanne Bowers —
of Madbury, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., January
28, 1947.
Daughter of Ivan Bowers and Belle Bowers.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1980,
2000;
member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1991-96; Presidential Elector for New
Hampshire, 1996;
Governor
of New Hampshire, 1997-2003; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 2002; director, Harvard Institute of
Politics, 2005.
Female.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2009.
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William C. Teichmann (b. 1859) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
30, 1859.
Newspaper
correspondent; school teacher; chemist;
U.S. Consul in Eibenstock, 1906-08; Colombo, 1908-09; Stettin, 1909-11; Mannheim, 1914-16; Bluefields, 1917.
Burial
location unknown.
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Maxine Waters (b. 1938) —
also known as Maxine Moore Carr —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
15, 1938.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of California
state assembly 48th District, 1977-90; U.S.
Representative from California, 1991-2008 (29th District 1991-93,
35th District 1993-2008); member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004-08.
Female.
Christian.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Sebastian Harrison White (1864-1945) —
also known as S. Harrison White —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Maries
County, Mo., December
24, 1864.
Son of Jonah W. White and Cloa Ann (Reader) White.
Democrat. Superintendent of schools; lawyer;
District Attorney, 10th District, 1904-08; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1909-19; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1927-29; defeated,
1928.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., December
21, 1945 (age 80 years, 362
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Xenophon Pierce Wilfley (1871-1931) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Audrain
County, Mo., March 18,
1871.
Son of James Frank Wilfley and Sarah (Pindall) Wilfley.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1918; appointed 1918.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1931
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, St. Louis County, Mo.
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Roger B. Wilson (b. 1948) —
of Boone
County, Mo.
Born in Boone
County, Mo., October
10, 1948.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; member of Missouri
state senate; elected 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1993-2000; Governor of
Missouri, 2000-01; Missouri
Democratic state chair, 2004-07.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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