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LACLEDE. - Organized February 24, 1849, and named for Pierre Laclede Liguest, often called Laclede, the founder of St. Louis. The county seat, Lebanon, was named for a town in Tennessee.
LAFAYETTE. - Organized November 16, 1820. In 1334 the name of the county was changed from Lillard to Lafayette in honor of Marquis de la Fayette. Lexington is the county seat, but the first county seat was Mt. Vernon.
LAWRENCE. - The first organization of a county called . Lawrence in 1818, was never perfected. The present county was created February 25, 1845 and named for the gallant Yankee sea cap- tain, James Lawrence, who said, "Don't give up the ship." Mt. Vernon, the county seat, was located the same year.
LEWIS. - Organized Jan. 2, 1833, was named for Capt. Merri- wether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark expedition, who was Governor of the Territory of Louisiana from 1807 to 1809, and who committed suicide in Tennessee the latter year while on his way to Washington.
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Monticello, the county seat, was laid out in 1834, and named after the country seat of Thomas Jefferson.
LINCOLN .- Organized December 14, 1818, and named for Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, of the Revolution. Troy, (originally called Wood's Fort) became the county seat in 1819.
LINN .- Organized January 7, 1837, and was named in honor of Dr. Lewis F. Linn, a gentleman of remarkable abilities, honored and respected by the best men of his day for his manifold virtues. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, No- vember 5, 1796; studied medicine, and in 1809 removed to Missouri; in 1814 assisted in fighting the bat- tles of his country, and in 1827 was elected to the State Legislature. In 1833 he was elected a senator in Congress, serving until his death, which occurred at St. Genevieve, Missouri, Oct. 3, 1843. Through- out his active carcer he identified himself with the people of the Mis- sissippi valley, by whom his death was greatly regretted.
LIVINGSTON .- Organized January 6, 1837. Was named for Hon. Edward Livingston, who was Secretary of State from 1831 to 1833. The county seat, Chillicothe, (an Indian name said to signify "the big town where we live") was founded in 1837.
McDONALD .- Organized March 3, 1849, supposedly named for Sergt. MeDonald, a South Carolina trooper of the Revolution. The first county seat was Rutlege, but was subsequently removed to Pine- ville, which was originally called Marysville.
MACON .- Organized January 6, 1837, and named for Nathaniel Macon, of North Carolina.
MADISON .- Organized December 14, 1818, and named for Presi- dent Madison. The first county seat was St. Michael, near the present capital, Fredricktown, which was located in 1821.
MARIES .- Organized March 2, 1855, and named for the two streams, Marie and Little Marie.
MARION .- Organized December 23, 1826, and named for Gen. Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox." Palmyra, always the county seat, was laid off in 1819.
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MERCER .- Organized February 14, 1845. Named in honor of Gen. Hugh Mercer, of the Revolution; Princetown, the county seat, was so called for the battle in which he lost his life.
MILLER. - Organized February 6, 1837; was named in honor of John Miller, a Colonel under Harrison in the War of 1812; Governor of Missouri from 1826 to 1832, and member of Congress from 1836 to 1842.
MISSISSIPPI .- Organized February 14, 1845, and named for the Father of Waters.
MONITEAU .- Organized February 14, 1845, and named for the stream, whose name is a corruption of the Indian word Manitou, mean- ing the Deity.
MONROE .- Organized January 6, 1831, and named in honor of James Monroe. Paris, the county seat, was settled in 1831.
MONTGOMERY .- Organized December 14, 1818, and named for General Richard Montgomery, who fell at the storming of Quebec.
MORGAN .- Organized January 5, 1833, and named for General Daniel Morgan, who commanded the famous riffemen in the Revolu- tion. The first county scat was at Millville, now extinct, but in 1834 was removed to Versailles.
NEW MADRID .- One of the original "districts." Organized Oc- tober 1, 1812, and named for the town (the county seat) which proper- ly speaking, was founded by Gen. Morgan, of New Jersey, in 1788.
NEWTON. - Organized December 31, 1838; was named in honor of Sergt. Newton, the comrade of Jasper, the Revolutionary hero. The name given the county seat, Neosho, is a corruption of the Osage In- dian word, Ne-o-zho.
NODAWAY .- Organized February 14, 1845, and was named for the stream flowing through it. The name is a corruption of Ni-di-wah, a Sae and Fox Indian word, neaning "hearsay." (It will be remen- bered that the original designation of Holt county was Nodaway.) Maryville, the county seat, was laid off in 1845, and named for its first lady resident, Mrs. Mary Graham.
OREGON .- Organized February 14, 1845, was named for the ter- ritory then under discussion.
OSAGE .- Organized January 29, 1841, and named for the river which forms the greater portion of its western boundary. The river was named by the French, more than 100 years ago, from the tribe of Indians upon its banks. Linn, the county seat, was named in honor of Senator Lewis F. Linn.
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OZARK .- Organized January 29, 1841. In 1843 the name was changed to Decatur, in honor of the famous fighting Commodore, Stephen Decatur, but in 1845 its present title was restored.
PEMISCOT. - Organized February 19, 1861, was named for the large bayou within its borders. The word signifies "liquid mud." Gayoso, the county seat, was named for a prominent Spanish official of the territorial days.
PERRY .- Organized November 16, 1820, and was named in honor of Commodore Oliver H. Perry, the hero of Lake Erie. Perryville, the county seat, was located in 1821.
PETTIS .- Organized January 26, 1833; was named in honor of Hon. Spencer Pettis, of St. Louis, and a member of Congress from Missouri in 1828-31, and who was killed in a duel with Maj. Thomas Biddle, on Bloody Island, in the latter year. The first county seat was established at St. Helena, but in 1837 it was removed to Georgetown and in 1862 to Sedalia. The last named town was laid out in 1859 and named by its founder, Gen. George R. Smith, for his daughter, Sarah, who was familiarly called "Sade" and "Sed."
PHELPS. - Organized November 13, 1857, and was named in honor of Hon. John S. Phelps, of Greene county, member of Congress from 1844 to 1862 and Governor from 1877 to 1881.
PIKE .- Organized December 14, 1818. Named in honor of Gen. Zebulon Pike, who explored the Upper Mississippi in 1805; visited Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and other territory of the west in 1806; discovered the mountain which yet bears the name of Pike's Peak, and who was killed at the battle of York, in Canada, in April, 1813. Bowling Green was laid out in 1819, and became the county seat in 1824, upon its removal from Louisiana.
PLATTE .- Organized December 31, 1838, and was named indi- rectly for the Platte river, which flows through it, and from which the Platte Purchase was named. Platte City, the county seat, was orig- inally called Falls of Platte.
POLK .- Organized March 13, 1835, and named in honor of James K. Polk, of Tennessee, who afterwards, in 1844, became President. He had many admirers among the first settlers, who had known him in Tennessee before their removal to Missouri.
PULASKI .- Organized December 15, 1818; was named in honor of Count Pulaski, who fell at Savannah during the Revolution.
PUTNAM. - Organized February 28, 1845, and was named for Gen. Israel Putnam. Has had a number of county seats, but was finally
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located at harmony, the present name of which is Unionville.
RALLS. - Organized November 16, 1820, and was named for Dan- iel Ralls, at that time a member of the Legislature from Pike county. New London was laid out in 1819.
RANDOLPH. - Organized January 22, 1829, and named for John Randolph, of Roanoke. Huntsville, named for JJudge Ezra Hunt, be- came the county seat in 1830.
RAY. - Organized November 16, 1820; was named for Hon. John Ray, a member of the Constitutional Convention from Howard county. The first county seat was Bluffton, but was removed to Richmond in 1828.
REYNONDS. - Organized February 25, 1845. Named in honor of Hon. Thomas Reynolds, Governor of Missouri from '41 to '44, in which latter year he committed suicide at the capital.
RIPLEY. - Organized January 5, 1813, and was named for Gen. Ripley, of the war of 1812. Doniphan, the county seat was named in honor of Col. A. W. Doniphan, of Clay county, Missouri's renouned hero of the Mexican war, he hav- ing led an expedition from Mis- souri, which in many respects is considered the most wonderful military expedition in all history. The Missourians, under the com- mand of Col. Doniphan, traveled from this state through an unin- habited country, to Santa Fe, a distance of 900 miles in less than fifty days. Col. Doniphan's expe- dition traveled 3,000 miles, fought many battles with a loss of less than fifty men, and gained for the United States, New Mexico, a track of land twice as large as Missouri.
ST. CLAIR. - Organized January 29, 1841, was named for Gen. Arthur St. Clair, of the Revolution. Occola, named for the noted Seminole chief, became the county seat in 1842.
ST. FRANCOIS .- Organized December 19, 1821, was named for the river. Farmington the present county seat, was not laid out unti the year of 1856.
STE. GENEVIEVE. - One of the original "districts," was organized
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October 1, 1812, and named for the town, which was founded practi- cally, in 1763, although settled, probably, in 1735.
ST. CHARLES. - One of the original "districts," was organized October 1, 1818, and named for the town which was named by the French.
ST. LOUIS. - One of the original "districts," was organized Oct. 1, 1812, and named for the town, which in turn was named for King Louis XV of France, having been founded by Pierre Laclede in 1764. Clayton was made the county seat in 1875.
SALINE .- Organized November 25, 1820, named for its salt springs. County seats in their order have been Jefferson, Jonesboro, Arrow Rock and Marshall.
SCHUYLER. - Organized February 14, 1845, was named for Gen. Phillip Schuyler of the Revolution. The first county seat was at Tip- pecanoe; Lancaster, the present capital, was laid out in 1845.
SCOTLAND. - Organized January 29, 1841, was named by Hon. S. W. B. Carnegy, in honor of the land of his ancestors. He surveyed and named the town of Edinburg, and also the town of Edna, in Knox county. The first courts in Scotland were held at Sand Hill, but in 1843 the county seat was located at Memphis.
SCOTT .- Organized December 28, 1821, was named for Hon. John Scott, the first Congressman from Missouri. The first county seat was at Benton.
SHANNON. - Organized January 29, 1841, was named for Hon. George F. Shannon, a prominent lawyer and politician of the state, who dropped dead in the courthouse at Pahnyra, in August, 1836.
SHELBY. - Organized JJanuary 2, 1835, was named in honor of Gen. Isaac Shelby, who fought at King's Mountain, in the Revolution, and was subsequently Governor of Kentucky. The first county seat was Oak Dale, but in 1836 was located at Shelbyville.
STODDARD. - Organized January 2, 1836, was named in honor of Capt. Amos Stoddard of Connecticut, who took possession of Missoni in the name of his government after the Louisiana purchase.
STONE .- Organized February 10, 1851, was named for the stony character of its soil. Galena, the county seat, was so named for the presents of that mineral in the vicinity.
SULLIVAN .- Fully organized February 16, 1843, was named by Hon. E. C. Morelock for his native county in Tennessee. In the pre- liminary organization, in 1843, the county was named Highland. The
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first courts were held at the house of A. C. Hill, on the present site of Milan, which became the county seat in 1845.
TANEY. - Organized January 6, 1837, was named in honor of Chief Justice Taney. Forsyth, the county seat, was located in 1838, and named in honor of Hon. John Forsyth; of Georgia, Secretary of State of the United States from 1834 to 1841.
TEXAS .- Organized February 14, 1845, was named for the Lone Star State. Houston, the county seat, was named for Gen. Sam Houston, the "hero of San Jacinto."
VERNON .- Organized as at present February 27, 1855 and named for Hon. Miles Vernon, a member, of the State Senate from Laclede county, who fought under Gen. Jackson at New Orleans, and who presided over the Senate branch of the "Claib Jackson Legislature" which passed the "Ordinance of Secession," at Neosho, October 28, 1861. Nevada, the county seat, was originally called Nevada City, and named by Col. D. C. Hunter, for a town in California.
WARREN .- Organized January 5, 1833, was named for Gen. Joseph Warren, who fell at Bunker Hill. Warrenton became the county seat, in 1835.
WASHINGTON .- Organized August 21, 1813, was named for the "Father of His Country." It is claimed that Potosi, the county seat, was first settled in 1765.
WAYNE .- Organized December 11, 1818, when it comprised the greater part of the southern one third of the State. It was formerly called by the sobriquet of "the State of Wayne" and latterly "the mother of counties." It was named in honor of Gen. Anthony Wayne, of the Revolution. Greenville, the county seat, was laid out in 1818 and named for the scene of Gen. Wayne's treaty.
WEBSTER .- Organized March 3, 1855, and named for Daniel Webster. The county seat, Marshfield, was named for Webster's country seat.
WORTH. - Organized February 8, 1861, and named in honor of Gen. William Worth, one of the prominent American commanders in the Mexican War. Grant City, the county seat, was laid off in 1864, and named for General Grant.
WRIGHT .- Organized January 29, 1841, was named for Hon. Silas Wright, of New York, a leading democratic statesman of that period. Hartsville was named for the owner of the site.
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POPULATION OF MISSOURI BY COUNTIES IN 1890.
Below we give the population of the state by counties according to the census of 1890. In 1800 the total population of the state was only 7,028. Ten years later in numbered 20,845; in 1820 the census report gives it as about 66,000, while in 1850 Missouri was the home of 682,044 people. The next ten years increased the number to 1,182,- 012. In 1870 it was 1,721,295 and in 1880 had grown to 2,168,380. According to the last census Missouri's total population is 2,679,184, divided as follows:
COUNTY.
POPULATION.
COUNTY.
POPULATION.
Adair
17,417
Dent
12,149
Andrew
16,000
Douglas
14,III
Atchison
15,533
Dunklin
15,085
Audrain
22,074
Franklin
28,056
Barry
22,943
Gasconade
11,706
Barton
18,504 Gentry
19,018
Bates
32,223 Green.
48,616
Benton
14,973
Grundy
17,876
Bollinger
13,121
Harrison
21,033
Boone .
26,043
Henry
28,235
Buchanan
70, 100
Hickory
9,453
Butler
10,164
Holt
15,469
Caldwell
15,152
Howard
17,37I
Callaway
25,131
Howell
18,618
Camden
10,040
Iron
9,191
Cape Girardeau
22,060
Jackson
160,510
Carroll
25,742
Jasper
50,500
Carter
4,659
Jefferson
22,484
Cass
23,30I
Johnson
28, 132
Cedar
15,620
Knox .
13,50I
Charitor
26,254
Laclede
14,70I
Christian
14,017
Lafayette
30,184
Clark
15,126
Lawrence 26,228
Clay
19,856
Lewis
15.935
Clinton
17,138
Lincoln
18,346
Cole
17,281
Linn
24,12I
Cooper
22,707
Livingston
20,658
Crawford
11,961
McDonald
11,283
Dade
17,526
Macon
30,575
Dallas
12,647
Madison
9,268
Daviess
20,456
Maries
8,600
DeKalb
14,539
Marion
26,2:33
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COUNTY.
POPULATION.
COUNTY.
POPULATION.
Mercer
14,58I Ripley
8,512
Miller
14,162 St. Charles
22,977
Mississippi
10, 134
St. Clair
16,747
Moniteau. 15,630
St. Francois
17,347
Monroe
20,790
Ste. Genevieve
9,883
Montgomery
16,850
St. Louis Co.
36,307
Morgan.
12,311
St. Louis City
451,770
New Madrid.
9,317
Newton
22,108
Schuyler 11,249
Nodaway
30,914
Scotland
12,674
Oregon
10,467
Scott 11,228
Osage.
13,080
Shannon 8,898
Ozark
9,795
Pemiscot
5,975
Stoddard 17,327
Perry
13,237
Stone
7,090
Pettis 31,151
Phelps
12,636
Taney
7,973
Pike.
26,321
Texas
.19,406
* Platt
16,248 Vernon
31,505
Polk.
20,339
Warren 9,913
Pulaski
9,387 Washington
13,135
Putnam
15.365
Wayne. 11,927
Ralls
12,294
Webster 13,177
Randolph
24,893
Wortlı 8,738
Ray
24,215
Wright 14,484
Reynolds
6,803
Total 2,679, 184
CITIES OF MISSOURI WITH A POPULATION OF 4,000 AND OVER.
In 1880 Missouri had only 14 cities and towns, each having a pop- ulation of 4000 and over, aggregating 505,903. In 1890 there were 29 cities and towns with a population of 4,000 and over, aggregating 811,- 568-an increase in the population of cities and towns of this class of 305,655, or 60.42 per cent.
CITIES. POPULATION 1890.
CITIES. POPULATION 1890.
St. Louis
451,770
Webb City
5,043
Kansas City *132,716 Trenton
5.039
St. Joseph. 52,324
Mexico 4,789
Springfield
21,850 Clinton
4,737
Sedalia
14,068 Warrensburg 4,706
Hannibal
12,857
Brookfield 4,547
Joplin
9,943
Lexington 4,537
Saline 33.762
Shelby 15,642
Sullivan . . 19,000
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Moberly
8,215 Fulton
4,314
Carthage
7,981 Cape Girardeau
4,297
Nevada
7,262 Marshall
4,297
Jefferson City
6,742 Boonville
4,141
Independence.
6,380 Maryville
4,037
St. Charles
6,161
Rich Hill
4,008
Chillicothe
5,717 Columbia.
4,000
Louisiana
5,090
"Includes 13,048, by decision of the Supreme Court of Missouri, are now outside the limits of Kansas City.
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Governors of Missouri. 1820 to 1896.
ALEXANDER MCNAIR, first Governor of the State, was born in Pennsylvania in 1774, where he received a fair English education. About the time he reached his majority, his parents died, and he and his brother agreed upon the division of their estate in the following manner-that whosoever should be victor in a fair encounter should be owner of the homestead. Alexander lost and it is to that fact that he afterwards acknowledged he owed the honor of being Governor of Missouri. His removal to Missouri was in 1804, when he located at St. Louis and for a number of years Commissary for the city tax books pears as taxed for teen "carriages held in that city. 1812, he was Col- Malitia in the vice. In 1820 he ernor of Missouri, ity of 4,020 votes Governor of the eight years pre- ceiving 2,556 vote of the State Nair's death oc- ALEXANDER MCNAIR. He was a gentleman of great.popularity was United States that station. In of 1811, he ap- one of the nine- for pleasure" then During the war of onel of Missouri United States ser- was elected Gov- receiving a major- over Wm. Clark, Territory for the ceding, he re- votes, the entire being 9,132. Mc- curred in St. Louis in 1826. and strict integrity.
FREDRICK RATES, second Governor, was born in Goochland coun- ty, Virginia, in 1777 : studied law, and at the age of twenty went to Detroit, a military post, where he was appointed post-mister. In 1805 he was appointed, by President Jefferson, the first United States Judge for the Territory of Michigan ; having subsequently become a citizen of Missouri, in 1824 he was elected Governor, defeating Gen. William H. Ashley. Prior to his election, Mr. Bates had acceptably
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filled many positions in the Terri- tory, among others the office of Lieutenant-Governor. His death, the result of pleurisy, occurred August 1, 1825. Abraham J. Williams, of Columbia, President of the Senate and ex officio Govern- or, then performed the duties of Governor until a special election in September to fill vacancy. His death occurred December 30, 1839, upon a farm he had purchased and improved. 6 miles south of Colum- bia.
JOHN MILLER. At the special FREDRICK BATES. election to fill the vacancy created by the death of Governor Bates, a very exciting and bitter contest took place between the friends of Gen. John Miller, JJudge David Todd, William C. Carr and Colonel Rufus Easton. While the popu- lation of the state was 62,000, only 4,963 votes were cast, General Miller receiving 2,380. His administration was highly satisfactory, and at its expiration was re-elected, serving until 1832. He was born in Virginia November 25, 1781; was distinguished for his courage in the last war with England; was soon afterwards appointed Register of the Land Office in Missouri and from 1837 to 1843 was a Represen- tative of the state in Congress. His death occurred near Flori- sant, Mo., March 18, 1846.
DANIEL DUNKLIN, fifth Gover- nor of Missouri, was born in South Carolina, in 1790; located in Mis- souri in 1810 and was a sheriff of Washington county prior to the admission of Missouri to state- hood. He was elected Governor in 1832 but shortly before the ex- piration of his term, he resigned
JOHN MILLER.
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to accept the office of Surveyor- General of Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas. His death occurred in Jefferson county, Missouri, Ang. 25, 1844, at the age of fifty-four years.
LILBURN W. BOGGs, sixth Gov- ernor of Missouri, was a native of Kentucky, his birth occurring at Lexington, in 1796; was a soldier in the War of 1812 and moved to Missouri in 1816, engaging in the fur trade with the Indians. Was elected to the Legislature in 1826 and in 1832 became Lieutenant Governor. Filled the unexpired term of Governor Dunklin and a DANIEL DUNKLIN. month later was elected to the of- fice himself; was subsequently a member of the State Senate and died in 1861 in California.
THOMAS REYNOLDS, Governor of Missouri from 1840 to 1844, was born in Braeken county, Kentucky, March 12, 1796; studied law, and when quite young settled in Illi- nois; was Clerk of the House of Representatives and subsequently elected a Representative and made Speaker; was Attorney-General of the State, and later Judge of the Supreme Court. Moved to Mis- souri in 1828, settling at Fayette, Howard Co., became a member of the State Legislature, and elected Governor in 1840. The principal art of Governor Reynolds' admin- istration, for which he will be most remembered, was the repeal of all laws which permitted im- prisonment for debt. The act re- LILBURN W. BOGGS.
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THOMAS REYNOLDS.
pealing this law was one of the shortest ever enacted, and simply read, "Imprisonment for debt is forever abolished." Governor Reynolds had poor health during the latter part of his administra- tion, which was thought to have impared his sanity; causing him to become a monomaniac, commit- ting suicide at Jefferson City, February 9, 1844. Lieutenant Governor, M. M. Marmaduke, of Saline county, became Governor and served until the following November, being a gentleman of talent, and giving a wise and safe administration.
JOHN C. EDWARDS, ninth Governor of Missouri, born in Ken- tucky in 1806, was reared and educated in Tennessee, where he studied and was licensed to practice law; removed to Missouri in 1828; ap- pointed Secretary of State by Governor Miller in 1830, holding the office seven years. For one term, was a member of the Legislature; elected to Congress in 1840, and Governor in 1844; a resident of Cali- fornia from May, 1849 until the time of his death in 1888.
AUSTIN A. KING was born in Sullivan county, Tennessee, Sep- tember 20, 1801, where he was given the best educational advan- tages afforded by the country; studied law and was licenses to practice on becoming of age; re- moved to Missouri in 1830, locat- ing in Boone county, representing that county in the Legislature in '34-'36: appointed Circuit Judge for Ray county in 1837, which position he held until elected Gov- ernor of Missouri, the term of that office expiring in 1853. In 1862
JOHN C. EDWARDS.
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he was again placed upon the bench in Ray county, but in that year was elected a Representative from Missouri to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the commit- tee on the Judiciary. Ilis death occurred in St. Louis, April 22, 1870.
STERLING PRICE, was born in Virginia, in 1809, and educated at Hampden - Sidney College. Mov- ed to Missouri in 1831, first set- tling at Fayette, and two years later at Keytesville, Chariton county, where he engaged in the mercantile and hotel business for AUSTIN A. KING. two years, when he removed to a large farm a few miles south of that place; was elected to the Legisla- ture in 1840, and re-elected in 1842, being chosen Speaker at both times; was a Representative in Congress from 1845 to 1847. At the breaking out of the Mexican War, he resigned his position and was commissioned by President Polk to raise and command a regiment, rising to the position of Brigadier-General before its close. As an anti-Benton democrat, In 1852 he was elected Governor of Missouri, defeating James Winston, the Whig candidate, by a majority of 13,461 out of 79,029 votes cast. In 1860 Gen Price was an enthusias- tic supporter of Stephen A. Doug- las for the Presidency and was elected a delegate and made chair- man of the convention which do- clared Missouri would not secede. General Price fought nobly for the Union, but his friends all be- ing against him, in May, 1862, he finally succumbed and joined the Confederacy, being appointed a M. M. MARMRDUKE.
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