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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) —
also known as "Old Bullion" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., March 14,
1782.
Son of Jesse Benton and Ann (Gooch) Benton.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1809; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; candidate
for Governor of
Missouri, 1856.
Fought a duel
with Andrew
Jackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, he
caused a scandal
with his attempt to assault
Sen. Henry
Stuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;
he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in his
hand and undoubtedly would have shot him. His portrait appeared on
the U.S. $100
gold certificate from the 1880s until the 1920s.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1858 (age 76 years, 27
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, 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.
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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Trusten Polk (1811-1876) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Delaware, May 29,
1811.
Democrat. Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 28th District,
1845-46; Governor of
Missouri, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1857-62; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over his support
for secession.
Died April 16,
1876 (age 64 years, 323
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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James Lawrence Blair (1854-1904) —
also known as James L. Blair —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 2,
1854.
Son of Francis
Preston Blair, Jr..
Lawyer;
president, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, 1884; general
counsel, St. Louis World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition),
1901-03; indicted
in December, 1903, for forgery
of two deeds of trust to obtain
a loan from an estate he managed.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, either from suicide
(which he attempted at least twice near the end of his life) or from
"congestion
of the brain", in Eustis, Lake
County, Fla., January
16, 1904 (age 49 years, 289
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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William P. Sullivan (1870-1925) —
of Billings, Christian
County, Mo.
Born in Wisconsin, June 3,
1870.
Son of John Sullivan and Angenette 'Nettie' (Glidden) Sullivan.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1899-1900; member of Missouri
state senate 19th District, 1901-05; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1916.
Convicted
in 1905 of accepting a
bribe while serving as State Senator, and fined
$100.
Died suddenly, from heart
failure, in Billings, Christian
County, Mo., April 17,
1925 (age 54 years, 318
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Billings, Mo.
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William Marshall Boyle, Jr. (1903-1961) —
also known as William M. Boyle, Jr.; Bill
Boyle —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., February
2, 1903.
Son of Clara Boyle.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Director, Kansas City Police,
1939; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1949-51; investigated
in 1951 by the Senate Investigating Committee over his acceptance of
fees from the American Lithifold Corporation of St. Louis, in return
for using his influence
as Democratic national chair to obtain loans for the company from the
U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation; claimed to have been
vindicated, but ultimately resigned
under fire.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
30, 1961 (age 58 years, 209
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William L. Webster (b. 1953) —
of Jasper
County, Mo.
Born September
17, 1953.
Son of Richard
M. Webster.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1981-84; Missouri
state attorney general, 1985-93; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1992.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Pleaded
guilty in 1993 to embezzlement
and conspiracy, and sentenced
to two years in prison.
Still living as of 1993.
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Judith K. Moriarty (b. 1942) —
of Pettis
County, Mo.
Born February
2, 1942.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Missouri, 1993-94; removed 1994.
Female.
Impeached
and removed from
office, 1994.
Still living as of 1994.
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Michael Badnarik (b. 1954) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Hammond, Lake
County, Ind., August 1,
1954.
Libertarian. Software
engineer;
candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 2000, 2002; candidate for President
of the United States, 2004; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 2006.
Slovak
ancestry.
Arrested,
in St. Louis, Mo., on October 8, 2004, along with Green Party
presidential nominee David
Cobb, while protesting
their exclusion from presidential debates.
Still living as of 2007.
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David Keith Cobb (b. 1962) —
also known as David Cobb —
Born in San Leon, Galveston
County, Tex., December
24, 1962.
Green. Lawyer;
candidate for Texas
state attorney general, 2002; candidate for President
of the United States, 2004.
Arrested,
in St. Louis, Mo., on October 8, 2004, along with Libertarian Party
presidential nominee Michael
Bednarik, while protesting
their exclusion from presidential debates.
Still living as of 2004.
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