Category: Missouri

Sec. of Air Force | Democrat | SYMINGTON, WILLIAM STUART (STUART), (father of James Wadsworth Symington, son-in-law of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.), a Senator from Missouri; born in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., June 26, 1901; soon after his birth the family moved to Baltimore, Md.; attended the public schools; enlisted as a private in the… Continue reading Stuart Symington

Representative | Democrat | CLAY, WILLIAM LACY, SR., (Father of William Lacy Clay, Jr.), a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., April 30, 1931; B.S., St. Louis University, 1953; United States Army, 1953-1955; real estate broker; manager, life insurance company, 1959-1961; alderman, St. Louis, Mo., 1959-1964; business representative, city employees… Continue reading Bill Clay

Representative | Democrat | GEPHARDT, RICHARD ANDREW, a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., January 31, 1941; graduated from South West High School, 1958; B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1962; J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 1965; lawyer, private practice; Missouri Air National Guard, 1965-1971; Democratic committeeman, St. Louis, Mo.,… Continue reading Dick Gephardt

Representative | Democrat | CANNON, CLARENCE ANDREW, a Representative from Missouri; born in Elsberry, Lincoln County, Mo., April 11, 1879; was graduated from La Grange Junior College, Hannibal, Mo., in 1901, from William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo., in 1903, and from the law department of the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1908; professor of… Continue reading Clarence Cannon

Representative | Democrat | CLARK, JAMES BEAUCHAMP (CHAMP), (father of Jel Bennett Clark), a Representative from Missouri; born near Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Ky., March 7, 1850; attended the common schools and Kentucky University at Lexington; was graduated from Bethany (W.Va.) College in 1873 and from Cincinnati Law School in 1875; president of Marshall College, Huntington,… Continue reading Champ Clark

Representative | Democrat | BOLLING, RICHARD WALKER, (Great-great-grandson of John Williams Walker and great-great-nephew of Percy Walker), a Representative from Missouri; born in New York City, May 17, 1916; attended grade schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; at the age of fifteen, upon his father’s death, returned to his home in Huntsville, Ala.; B.A.,… Continue reading Richard Bolling

Senator | Democrat | TRUMAN, HARRY S., a Senator from Missouri, a Vice President, and Thirty-third President of the United States; born in Lamar, Barton County, Mo., May 8, 1884; moved with his parents to a farm in Jackson County, Mo., in 1888; attended the public schools in Independence, Mo.; engaged in agricultural pursuits; during… Continue reading Harry Truman

Senator | Democrat | BENTON, THOMAS HART, (father-in-law of John Charles Frémont, brother-in-law of James McDowell, great-uncle of Maecenas Eason Benton), a Senator and a Representative from Missouri; born at Harts Mill, near Hillsboro, N.C., March 14, 1782; attended Chapel Hill College (University of North Carolina); admitted to the bar at Nashville, Tenn., in 1806… Continue reading Thomas Hart Benton

Lt. Governor | Democrat | EAGLETON, THOMAS FRANCIS, a Senator from Missouri; born in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., September 4, 1929; enlisted in the United States Navy and served from 1948 to 1949; graduated, Amherst College 1950; graduated, Harvard Law School 1953; elected circuit attorney of St. Louis, Mo., 1956; elected attorney general… Continue reading Tom Eagleton

Governor | Democrat | STONE, WILLIAM JOEL, a Representative and a Senator from Missouri; born near Richmond, Madison County, Ky., May 7, 1848; attended the public schools of Richmond, Ky.; graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1867; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Bedford, Ind.; moved… Continue reading William Stone