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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Missouri: State Attorneys General</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Napton</a> 1836-39 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#628.78.43">Samuel Mansfield Bay</a> 1839-45 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strickler-strom.html#662.94.66">Benjamin F. Stringfellow</a> 1845-49 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roads-robberson.html#779.59.19">William A. Robards</a> 1849-51 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gard-gardlock.html#452.03.68">James B. Gardenhire</a> 1851-56 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ewing.html#417.02.82">Ephraim B. Ewing</a> 1856-58 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knill-knowland.html#079.65.58">J. Proctor Knott</a> 1858-61 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welch.html#014.29.93">Aikman Welch</a> 1861-64 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#339.61.88">Thomas T. Crittenden</a> 1864-65 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wingate.html#618.16.80">Robert F. Wingate</a> 1865-69 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#555.74.07">Horace B. Johnson</a> 1869-71 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker1.html#912.44.02">Andrew Jackson Baker</a> 1871-73 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ewing.html#133.98.76">Henry Clay Ewing</a> 1873-75 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hobby-hodgdon.html#505.58.40">John A. Hockaday</a> 1875-77 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#797.10.78">Jackson Leonidas Smith</a> 1877-81 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcintyre.html#990.53.60">Daniel H. McIntyre</a> 1881-85 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booher-boos.html#857.25.47">Banton Gallatin Boone</a> 1885-89 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood5.html#268.52.36">John M. Wood</a> 1889-93 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker7.html#013.59.86">Robert F. Walker</a> 1893-97 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#355.64.32">Edward C. Crow</a> 1897-1905 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#778.22.58">Herbert S. Hadley</a> 1905-09 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/major.html#015.79.59">Elliot W. Major</a> 1909-13 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barie-barker.html#920.82.91">John T. Barker</a> 1913-17 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcallister.html#050.72.06">Frank W. McAllister</a> 1917-21 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barreiro-barrett.html#735.94.40">Jesse W. Barrett</a> 1921-25 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otjen-overstolz.html#642.02.90">Robert W. Otto</a> 1925 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gehant-geoghan.html#900.87.87">North T. Gentry</a> 1925-28 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharpenstein-shaver.html#079.22.32">Stratton Shartel</a> 1928-33 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinnon-mclaud.html#752.76.13">Roy McKittrick</a> 1933-45 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor5.html#371.21.35">Jonathan E. Taylor</a> 1945-53 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalton.html#032.70.18">John M. Dalton</a> 1953-61 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eachus-earlston.html#860.71.94">Thomas F. Eagleton</a> 1961-65 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson6.html#073.54.33">Norman H. Anderson</a> 1965-69 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/danaher-danhof.html#608.84.71">John C. Danforth</a> 1969-77 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#863.96.87">John Ashcroft</a> 1977-85 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#148.53.56">William L. Webster</a> 1985-93 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#619.97.06">Jay Nixon</a> 1993-2009 Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!) <li> 1851 Sep 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roads-robberson.html#779.59.19">William A. Robards</a>, died in office. <li> 1864 Jul 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welch.html#014.29.93">Aikman Welch</a>, died in office. <li> 1870: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker1.html#912.44.02">Andrew Jackson Baker</a> (Rep), elected. <li> 1880 Nov 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcintyre.html#990.53.60">Daniel H. McIntyre</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harding.html#156.42.93">H. H. Harding</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgeehan-mcgoodwin.html#107.69.81">A. McGindley</a> (Greenback), defeated. <li> 1886: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy-kensey.html#847.83.57">John Kennish</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1896: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy-kensey.html#847.83.57">John Kennish</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1908: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fryall-fullam.html#573.41.51">Frank B. Fulkerson</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1912: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#076.10.52">Arthur M. Hyde</a> (Progressive), defeated. <li> 1916 Aug 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcallister.html#050.72.06">Frank W. McAllister</a> (Dem), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis5.html#767.22.43">Joseph T. Davis</a> (Dem), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green3.html#269.22.12">Ernest A. Green</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1916 Aug 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#373.90.34">James H. Mason</a> (Rep), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elder.html#361.37.11">Conway Elder</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 1916 Aug 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morrow.html#050.97.21">Mancil E. Morrow</a> (Progressive), nominated unopposed, but withdrew. <li> 1916 Aug 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ohare-oke.html#483.52.86">Frank P. O'Hare</a> (Socialist), nominated unopposed. <li> 1916 Nov 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcallister.html#050.72.06">Frank W. McAllister</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#373.90.34">James H. Mason</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ohare-oke.html#483.52.86">Frank P. O'Hare</a> (Socialist), defeated. <li> 1920 Nov 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barreiro-barrett.html#735.94.40">Jesse W. Barrett</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meredith.html#642.97.94">Willis H. Meredith</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson5.html#350.86.48">Jul Anderson</a> (Farmer-Workers), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hartmann-harvell.html#847.65.47">George Hartwig</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1924 Nov 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otjen-overstolz.html#642.02.90">Robert W. Otto</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones3.html#952.81.27">Elmer O. Jones</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/micheau-middleswarth.html#246.61.63">Edward T. Middlecoff</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1928 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baczkowski-baile.html#603.88.99">Theodore Baeff</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones3.html#952.81.27">Elmer O. Jones</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1936 Aug 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fryall-fullam.html#735.01.44">J. Grant Frye</a> (Rep), nominated. <li> 1936 Nov 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinnon-mclaud.html#752.76.13">Roy McKittrick</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fryall-fullam.html#735.01.44">J. Grant Frye</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#346.96.13">Theodore Vaszily</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1940 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinnon-mclaud.html#752.76.13">Roy McKittrick</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maack-macdevitt.html#262.35.15">Ray Mabee</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flynn.html#024.40.53">Edward J. Flynn</a> (Socialist), defeated. <li> 1944 Aug 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor5.html#371.21.35">Jonathan E. Taylor</a> (Dem), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts2.html#461.93.57">Dwight Roberts</a> (Dem), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#697.86.46">L. N. Searcy</a> (Dem), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/noland-noon.html#395.90.63">Oliver W. Nolen</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1944 Aug 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller4.html#291.89.40">George H. Miller</a> (Rep), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey9.html#082.69.91">Walter E. Bailey</a> (Rep), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#084.51.12">John J. Robison</a> (Rep), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/presel-prestia.html#239.07.37">Lawrence Presley</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 1944 Nov 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor5.html#371.21.35">Jonathan E. Taylor</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller4.html#291.89.40">George H. Miller</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1948: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#199.46.07">John M. Hadley</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 1952 Aug 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalton.html#032.70.18">John M. Dalton</a> (Dem), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houstoun-howan.html#311.28.69">Delton L. Houtchens</a> (Dem), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy6.html#743.61.54">Michael J. Kennedy</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1952 Aug 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#218.94.60">Richard M. Webster</a> (Rep), nominated unopposed. <li> 1952 Nov 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalton.html#032.70.18">John M. Dalton</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#218.94.60">Richard M. Webster</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1956 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalton.html#032.70.18">John M. Dalton</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker9.html#358.11.12">Vincent E. Baker</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1964 Nov 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson6.html#073.54.33">Norman H. Anderson</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartlett.html#175.43.61">Daniel Bartlett, Jr.</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1984 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#148.53.56">William L. Webster</a> (Rep), elected. <li> 2012 Aug 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/koraleski-kouzoff.html#210.80.11">Chris Koster</a> (Dem), nominated unopposed. <li> 2012 Aug 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin3.html#518.83.98">Ed Martin</a> (Rep), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warren.html#861.11.56">Adam Lee Warren</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 2012 Aug 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/browning.html#064.71.32">Dave Browning</a> (Libertarian), nominated unopposed. <li> 2012 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/koraleski-kouzoff.html#210.80.11">Chris Koster</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin3.html#518.83.98">Ed Martin</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/browning.html#064.71.32">Dave Browning</a> (Libertarian), defeated. </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/attygn.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/attygn.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. 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See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>