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Colonel Robert Hunt Biography
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Biographical sketch of Colonel Robert Hunt, mayor of Kansas City in 1873, born in Ireland in 1839 and coming to Kansas City in 1859, serving the Union in the Civil War.
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1878
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Book
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Dictionary of Missouri Biography
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Short biography of Henry M. Bearsdley (1858-1938). He was elected mayor of Kansas City in 1906 serving just one term. He was instrumental in advocating the Kansas City Charter.
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1999
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Book
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Dictionary of Missouri Biography
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Description
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Short biography of John Bailey Gage (1887-1970) written by Lawrence Larsen. Gage was mayor of Kansas City from 1940-1946. Article includes citations.
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1999
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Book
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Dictionary of Missouri Biography
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Description
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Short biography of H. Roe Bartle (1901-1974), twice elected mayor of Kansas City in the 1950s.
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1999
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Book
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Dictionary of Missouri Biography
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Description
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Biography of Roger T. Sermon (1890-1950), "twenty-six-year mayor of the city of Independence," Jackson County, during the Pendergast machine era and "closely allied" with it until 1942.
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Date
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1999
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Book
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Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference
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Description
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Photo and bio of Dr. George Madison Brown Maughs, or George Maughs (1821-1901), a physician, politician, railroad promoter, and Confederate supporter. Description of his life and career as a native of Kentucky moving to the French community of Florissant, Missouri, in 1826 before coming to Kansas City in 1858 and being elected mayor and Missouri state representative in 1860.
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1901
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Book
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William Warner
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Description
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Biographical sketch of William Warner (1839-1916), "lawyer, soldier, congressman and United States senator from Missouri." Native of Wisconsin serving the Union in the Civil War and afterwards coming to Kansas City as city attorney and later mayor and national representative and senator.
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1905-04-19
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Book
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Colonel Robert Van Horn
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Description
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Biography of prominent Kansas Citian Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916), the owner of the Kansas City Journal newspaper starting in 1854, "staunch business and railroad promoter," Civil War officer for the Union, and federal Congressman influential in obtaining for Kansas City the Hannibal Bridge and railroad transportation.
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1999
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