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Title: Gubernatorial Candidates
Description: Photos and descriptions of gubernatorial candidates William Stone (of Missouri), William Warner (of Missouri), and Abraham Smith (of Kansas).
Date: 1892-11-05
Object Type: Magazine

Title: Political Notes: Down from the Penthouse
Description: Photos and article about the election of Tom Hennings over Emery Allison (both pictured) for national senator from Missouri. Description of Allison as Harry Truman's choice for the office as "an Ozark country lawyer," a "56-year-old president pro tem of the Missouri state senate," and "the great & good friend of Jim Pendergast."
Date: 1950-08-14
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Truman in Missouri
Description: Article about the support by Harry Truman by Emery W. Allison, president pro tem of the Missouri State Senate, in his campaign against incumbent Senator Forrest C. Donnell, despite Allison's public obscurity and socially questionable causes such as blocking black people from attending the University of Missouri.
Date: 1950-04-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Missouri: Kansas City's Boss Rises to New Statewide Power
Description: Article about the spread of the Pendergast Machine's power from Kansas City to the Missouri state government (including his eventual domination of rival Joseph Shannon), with photo of and quotes from Boss Tom Pendergast himself.
Date: 1936-08-15
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Folk: The Story of a Little Leaven in a Great Commonwealth
Description: Photo and article about the political corruption in the Missouri state government with descriptions of several politicians such as Alexander Cochran, "state counselor for the Missouri Pacific" Railroad, one of "the gods behind the machine" of corrupt politics in Missouri before the tenure of Governor Folk. Also photo and description of William Stone, "United States Senator from Missouri 1903-1909 - formerly governor of his state."
Date: 1905-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Missouri's Proposed New Constitution
Description: Article outlining the proposed new Missouri State Constitution and its changes from the existing one, especially regarding government organization, schools, and taxes.
Date: 1945-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Senate and Its Leaders
Description: Portrait and description of John Ingalls, national senator from Kansas, "now president pro tem," with descriptions also of fellow national senators "Mr. Plumb, of Kansas," "Mr. Vest, of Missouri," and "Mr. Cockrell," also of Missouri.
Date: 1890-04
Object Type: Magazine

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