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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: St. Louis city, Mo.</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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Biggers</a> (Consul 1895-98) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/voelker-voorehees.html#861.11.24">Gustavo von Brecht</a> (Consul 1899-1904) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/voelker-voorehees.html#861.11.24">Gustavo von Brecht</a> (Vice Consul 1906-25) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/voelker-voorehees.html#160.43.34">Carlos von Brecht</a> (Vice Consul as of 1931) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Austria: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lucas.html#664.47.12">Wilder Lucas</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Austria-Hungary: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickman-diket.html#784.53.32">Ferdinand Diehm</a> (Consul 1883-1907) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Belgium: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#031.97.99">Louis Seguenot</a> (Consul 1903-12) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#239.97.02">Marc Seguin</a> (Honorary Consul 1913-35) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/godard-goder.html#712.47.62">Charles Webb Godefroy</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1944) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#931.22.44">Stafford L. Lambert</a> (Honorary Consul 1958-59) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Bolivia: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sthuette-stigler.html#533.17.11">Arnold George Stifel</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1926-35) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Brazil: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weems-weinland.html#470.61.56">Fred Wehmiller</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1926) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weems-weinland.html#470.61.56">Fred Wehmiller</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1929) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Central America: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kingdon-kingsland.html#092.13.20">L. D. Kingsland</a> (Consul General 1897-98) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Colombia: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appling-archambault.html#839.94.67">James Graeme Arbuckle</a> (Consul 1898-1907) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#374.76.32">Macedonio Romero</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Costa Rica: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richards.html#497.35.38">Eben Richards</a> (Consul 1895-1904) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#760.87.37">Ernst B. Filsinger</a> (Consul 1905-07) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#199.46.07">John M. Hadley</a> (Honorary Consul General as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Cuba: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas2.html#011.84.41">Charles E. Livingston Thomas</a> (Consul 1905) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Denmark: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ramacitti-rampton.html#066.78.13">C. E. Ramlose</a> (Vice Consul 1902-07) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cord-corneliusen.html#698.25.23">Clifford Corneli</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1950) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Ecuador: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spalletta-sparkman.html#282.90.57">J. N. Spangler</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  France: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#031.97.99">Louis Seguenot</a> (Consular Agent 1888-1912) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#239.97.02">Marc Seguin</a> (Consular Agent as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Great Britain: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartos-bason.html#089.67.50">Western Bascome</a> (Vice Consul 1887-1904) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Guatemala: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kingdon-kingsland.html#092.13.20">L. D. Kingsland</a> (Honorary Consul General 1896-1921) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cassill-castillo.html#263.02.74">Rafael Castillo=Zilioli</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1931) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#367.40.15">Frederic Lawson Niemeyer</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1944) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Honduras: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kingdon-kingsland.html#092.13.20">L. D. Kingsland</a> (Consul General 1896) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kingdon-kingsland.html#092.13.20">L. D. Kingsland</a> (Consul General 1898-1915) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Ireland: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgeehan-mcgoodwin.html#850.37.35">Joseph B. McGlynn</a> (Honorary Consul General as of 2017) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Japan: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#286.51.91">J. E. Smith</a> (Honorary Consul 1905-21) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Latvia: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenip-greff.html#276.02.69">Bernard Greensfelder</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Liberia: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/iacino-ingerman.html#280.36.88">Hutchins Inge</a> (Consul 1899-1904) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Mexico: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#380.56.14">Rafael P. Serrano</a> (Consul 1899-1904) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Netherlands: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haack-hackenberg.html#956.62.94">B. B. Haagsma</a> (Consul 1870-77) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haack-hackenberg.html#956.62.94">B. B. Haagsma</a> (Consul 1888-1904) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#881.92.66">Hunter Braak</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Nicaragua: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kingdon-kingsland.html#092.13.20">L. D. Kingsland</a> (Consul General 1899-1904) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Norway: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/suvacki-swampfox.html#449.64.14">Leif Johan Sverdrup</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1950) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Panama: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#676.83.92">Joseph S. Ergas</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1928-35) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Paraguay: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#629.34.06">Charles L. Lippert</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1948) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Salvador: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kingdon-kingsland.html#092.13.20">L. D. Kingsland</a> (Honorary Consul 1904-07) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Spain: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berryhill-betz.html#601.22.42">Robert H. Betts</a> (Vice Consul 1864-89) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alt-amersoon.html#583.76.21">José Alvarez=Hernandez</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Switzerland: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duane-dudkin.html#503.82.15">Gaston Dubois</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1921-26) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html#679.50.06">Alfred Aigler</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935-40) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Venezuela: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appling-archambault.html#839.94.67">James Graeme Arbuckle</a> (Honorary Consul 1911-18) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#520.89.95">Alirio Parra=Marquez</a> (Consul as of 1921) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller4.html#233.80.18">Harold Lawrence Miller</a> (Honorary Consul 1947-50) </table> </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/sl-consuls.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-consuls.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. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? 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>