OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 93 MICHAEL ROBINSON KENNEDY (Democrat), Representative from St. Louis City, Fourth District; born at St. Louis, August 9, 1899; educated in the parochial schools and business college at St. Louis. He is single and resides at 3945 Page Boulevard, St. Louis. A salesman, his business address is 2217 South Grand Boulevard, St. Louis. He saw special miliary service with the 318th G, and F, company of St. Louis. A life long Democrat, he has served as judge and clerk at elections and as precinct captain in the 20th ward of St. Louis. Seeking public office for the first time in 1936, he was elected to the House of Representatives in the 59th General Assembly; re-elected in 1938 to the House of Representatives in the 60th General Assembly, where he served as chairman of the Committee on Claims, Local Bills and Miscellaneous Business, and as a member of the following other committees: Appropriations; Justice of the Peace and County Courts; Roads and Highways; Social Security and Old Age Assistance; Taxation and Revenue. ARTHUR ROY KINCAID (Democrat), Representative from Clay County; born in Gardner, Kan., April 24, 1910; educated in the public schools of Liberty, Mo., and William Jewell College there, and the Kansas City School of Law. He is a dairyman, single, and resides at Liberty. A member of the Liberty Christian Church, he is active in young people's religious work. His family is a pioneer among Clay County Democrats, and, although he long had been active in political work, he made his first campaign for public office in 1936, when he was elected to the House of Representatives, being the youngest member of the 59th General Assembly. Re-elected in 1938, he acted as chairman of the State Library Committee of the 60th General Assembly, and also was a member of the following other committees: Appropriations; Social Security and Old Age Assistance; Education; Agriculture; Penal Institutions. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 93 C. P. JUNGE (Republican), Representative from Benton County; born in Cole Camp, Mo., December 12, 1900; educated in the public schools of Cole Camp and the Central Missouri State Teachers College at Warrensburg. He married Miss PEARL EICKHOFF of Cole Camp, April 29, 1925. Is a lawyer and resides in Cole Camp. Appointed Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Benton County by Governor Caulfield, January 5, 1933, he served in that capacity until January 1, 1935. He is a Past Master of Cole Camp Lodge No. 595, A.F. & A.M., and also is a member of the Missouri Bar Association. Active in Republican affairs for many years, he was a delegate to the Republican State Convention in 1936, where he served as a member of the Resolutions Committee. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1934 and re-elected in 1936 and 1938, serving as a member of the following committees in the 60th General Assembly: Judiciary; Insurance; Revision; Private Corporations; Criminal Jurisprudence; Banks and Banking. EDGAR J. KEATING (Democrat), Representative from Jackson County; born in Chicago, Ill., March 28, 1889; educated in the public schools of Chicago and the Kansas City School of Law, from which he graduated in 1917. He was married to Miss HAZEL MURRAY in Kansas City, Kan., June 10, 1918. He is an attorney and resides at 351 North Van Brunt Boulevard, Kansas City, Mo. First elected to the House of Representatives in 1930, and re-elected in 1932, 1934, 1936, and 1938, he served in the 57th General Assembly as Majority Floor Leader; in the 58th General Assembly as chairman of the Building and Loan Committee; in the 59th General Assembly as chairman of the Penitentiary Committee, and in the 60th General Assembly as chairman of the Committee on Insurance, and as a member of the following other committees: Criminal Costs; Judiciary; Probation and Parole; Revision; Transportation Other Than Railroads. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 93 M. M. JAMISON (Democrat), Representative from Reynolds County; born on a farm near Centerville, Mo., January 5, 1885; educated in the public schools of Reynolds County. On February 25, 1911, he was married to Miss ANNA HARTMAN at Centerville, and they have one son, CARTER L. Active in Democratic politics for many years, he was elected Sheriff of Reynolds County in 1932. In 1936, he was elected to the House of Representatives, and re-elected in 1938, serving as chairman of the Committee on Miscellaneous Resolutions, as well as a member of the following other committees in the 60th General Assembly: Banks and Banking; Criminal Jurisprudence; Labor; Private Corporations; Workmen's Compensation. T. VICTOR JEFFRIES (Republican), Representative from Laclede County; born at Old Linn Creek, Mo., December 16, 1901; educated in the public schools of Lebanon, Mo., Drury College, Springfield, Mo., and Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. On June 21, 1930, he married Miss JESSIE WINFREY at Buckner, Mo. They have two children, SARA FRANCES and T. VICTOR, Jr. An attorney, he resides at Lebanon, where he formerly held the offices of City Attorney of Lebanon and Prosecuting Attorney of Laclede County. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1934, he was re-elected in 1936 and again in 1938, serving in the 60th General Assembly as a member of the following committees: Appropriations; Judiciary; Building and Loan; Municipal Corporations; Railroads and Internal Improvements; Transportation Other Than Railroads. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 91 JOHN JACK (Democrat), Representative from Dent County; born December 28, 1885; educated in the public schools of Dent County and the Will Mayfield School of Marble Hill, Mo. He married Miss EFFIE SHULTS of Jack, Mo., December 5, 1909, and they took into their home and reared to maturity Mrs. Jack's three orphan nieces, ALBERTA, BEATRICE and WAUNITA SHULTS. He resides on a farm near Salem, Mo. A Master Farmer of the Class of 1929, he specializes in breeding Jersey cattle and White Leghorn chickens. He is a charter member of the Missouri Jersey Cattle Club, of which he was a director; of the Dent County Jersey Breeders' Association and of the Dent County Jersey Bull Association, in both of which he served as chairman. He has won many prizes with entries in county, state and national dairy and poultry shows. Successful in farm activities, he always has co-operated with the Missouri College of Agriculture. He has served seventeen years on the Extension Service Committee in Dent County, has been a member of the Dent County Highway Commission since its creation, and also is a member of the State Agricultural Land Use Policy Committee. He also is a member of the Masonic Lodge. An active ordained minister since 1921, he has participated in all phases of church work. His families on both sides long have been active in Democratic politics but he was a candidate for the first time in 1936, when he was elected to the House of Representatives. Re-elected in 1938, he served in the 60th General Assembly as chairman of the Committee on Bills Agreed To and Finally Passed, and was a member of the following other committees: Agriculture; Education; Flood Control and Soil Conservation; Fish and Game; Roads and Highways. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 91 JOSEPH L. IVANHOE (Democrat), Representative from St. Louis City, First District; born December 12, 1895, at Schenectady, N. Y.; educated in the public schools of Schenectady. He married Miss JESSIE BLANCHARD of Kirksville, Mo., at St. Louis, June 9, 1919. They reside at 4245 Ellenwood Avenue, St. Louis. In the insurance business, he maintains offices at 3820 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis. Enlisting in the United States Army, July 15, 1917, he served overseas with the 49th U. S. Infantry, 89th Division, during the World War, and was honorably discharged as a sergeant, Company F, 49th Infantry, February 22, 1919. Active in Democratic politics since 1919, he is President of the Thirteenth Ward Young Democratic Club, Precinct Captain in the Thirteenth Ward, and a member of the Thirteenth Ward Regular Democratic Club in St. Louis. He is also a member of the Moulders Union Local No. 59, and of the 138th Infantry Memorial Post No. 357, American Legion, at St. Louis. Elected in 1938 to the House of Representatives, he served in the 60th General Assembly on the following committees: Insurance; Municipal Corporations; Constitutional Amendments; Criminal Justice; Roads and Highways; State Teachers Colleges. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 91 FRANK J. IFFRIG (Democrat), Representative from St. Charles County; born on a farm near St. Peters, Mo., June 21, 1876; educated in the parochial and public schools of St. Peters and at Quincy College, Quincy, Ill. He married Miss LENA ALGERMISSEN in St. Peters, November 19, 1901, and they have four children, MILDRED, a graduate of Lindenwood College and now a high school teacher; CYRIL, a graduate of the University of Missouri and now an electrical engineer; MADELINE, a graduate of the University of Missouri and now a registered nurse; and FRANCIS, a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy and now a commissioned officer in the United States Navy. He resides at St. Peters, where he is engaged in the real estate and insurance business and was engaged in the mercantile business for twenty years. He is a pioneer aviation enthusiast and was active as a patriotic speaker during the World War. He served several terms as Mayor of St. Peters, and was Democratic Committeeman of his township for many years. Is a member of the Jefferson Club. Upon his first election to the House of Representatives in 1932, he was the first Democratic Representative of St. Charles County in forty years. Re-elected in 1934, he acted as chairman of the Committee on Public Welfare and Miscellaneous Associations in the 59th General Assembly. Again re-elected in 1936, he acted again as chairman of the Committee on Public Welfare and Miscellaneous Associations in the 59th General Assembly. Elected a fourth time in 1938, he served in the 60th General Assembly as chairman of the Eleemosynary Institutions Committee and served as a member of the following committees: Appropriations; Education; Purchasing Supplies; Federal Relations; Fish and Game; Commerce and Manufactories; Bills Agreed To and Finally Passed. Norma (I'm just curious..have any of these postings helped anyone in their search? )

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OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 89 EDWARD J. HOGAN, Jr. (Democrat), Representative from St. Louis City, Fourth District; born in St. Louis, Mo., October 15, 1885; educated in the public and parochial schools of St. Louis. He married Miss JENNIE DURR in St. Louis, February 15, 1905, and five children were born to them, of whom one son and two daughters survive, along with four grandchildren. Mrs. Hogan died June 21, 1931. He is business representative of Brewery and Soft Drink Bottlers Union, Local No. 303, St. Louis, and resides at 3035 Cass Avenue in that city. Has been connected with the police department and the fire and police telegraph department of St. Louis, and also served as a deputy constable there. Was connected with the old Missouri Beer Inspection Department for several years. Has been active in Democratic politics in St. Louis and Missouri for a quarter of a century, and served as a member of the 49th General Assembly from St. Louis. Elected a second time in 1934 and re-elected in 1936, he acted as chairman of the Committee on Labor in both the 58th and 59th General Assemblies. Again elected in 1938, he acted as chairman of the Committee on Official Salaries and Fees in the 60th General Assembly and as a member of the following other committees: Criminal Jurisprudence; Employees and Clerical force; Purchasing and Supplies; Labor; Consolidation of Counties and Other Subdivisions of the State Government, Boards, Bureaus and Departments. LAWRENCE HOLMAN (Democrat), Representative from Randolph County; born at Huntsville, Mo., June 12, 1906; educated in the Huntsville public schools, Central College, Fayette, Mo., and the University of Missouri School of Law. He married Miss AMY OGLE, May 30, 1930, at Fayette and they have two children, JOSEPH LAWRENCE and ELIZABETH. ASn attorny, he resides at Moberly, Mo. After serving two terms, 1931-1935, as Prosecuting Attorney of Randolph County, he was elected in 1938 to the House of Representatives and served in the 60th General Assembly as a member of the following committees: Railroads; Civil and Criminal Procedure; Judiciary; University; Wills and Probate; Military affairs. JOHN T. HUGHES (Democrat), Representative from St. Louis City, First District; born at Conshohocken, Pa., June 3, 1910; educated at University of Missouri, Columbia, and St. Louis University School of Law, St. Louis. He is single and resides at 6566 Tholozan Avenue, St. Louis. An attorney, he has offices at 722 Chestnut Street, St. Louis. He was a member of the R. O. T. C. at the University of Missouri. A lifelong Democrat, he was elected in 1938 to the House of Representatives and served as a member of the following committees in the 60th General Assembly; Appropriations; Judiciary; Civil and Criminal Procedure; Commerce and Manufactories; Criminal Costs; Pensions. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 89 DAVID A. HESS (Democrat), Representative from St. Louis City, Second District; was born March 29, 1908, at Cameron, W. Va.; educated in the public schools and at McKinley and Roosevelt high schools at St. Louis, Kemper Military Academy at Boonville, and Virginia University at Charlottesville, Va. He is in the gasoline and oil business, is single and resides at 3153 Halliday Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. His business address is 3301 Goodfellow Avenue, St. Louis. He holds the rank of lieutenant of the R.O.T.C. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1932, he was re-elected in 1934, 1936, and 1938. In addition to acting as chairman of the Taxation and Revenue committee in the 60th General Assembly, he served as a member of the following committees: Elections; Banks and Banking; Transportation; Appropriations. PERRY A. HOFFMAN (Democrat), Representative from Washington County; born at Bonne Terre, Mo., September 27, 1885; educated in the public schools of Caledonia, Mo., Bellevue Collegiate Institute, Caledonia, and Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was married November 1, 1930, at Caledonia to Miss FRANCES DREW and they have one son, CHARLES ELWIN. Is a merchant and farmer and resides at Caledonia. He saw military service with the 12th Company, California National Guards. He comes from a family long active in Democratic politics. Re-elected to the House of Representatives in 1938, after having served in the 59th General Assembly, he was named chairman of the Mines and Mining Committee of the 60th General Assembly, and also served as a member of the following committees: Accounts; Education; Constitutional Amendments; Commerce and Manufactories; Roads and Highways; Fish and Game. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 89 TOLBERT HANSON (Republican), Representative from Perry County; born at Huff, Mo., September 22, 1879; educated in the public schools of Huff and the Gem City Business College. He married Miss LOUISE KIRN of Farmington, Mo., October 8, 1908, and they have four children, ELMER, LORENE, HARRY and LEROY. Resides at Perryville and is an automobile dealer and producer of diaspore clays. Active in Republican politics all of his life, he was chairman for sixteen years of his county committee. Was connected with State Mining Department for fourteen years as deputy state mine inspector for the Eastern District of Missouri. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1934 and re-elected in 1936 and 1938. In the 60th General Assembly he held membership on the following committees: Ways and Means; Private Corporations; Municipal Corporations; Mines and Mining; Constitutional Amendments; Criminal Justice. J. B. HERIFORD (Republican), Representative from Ozark County; born at Princeton, Mo., September 6, 1891; educated at the Thornfield, Mo., public schools and Princeton normal school. He married Miss DORA B. GRUDIER at Thornfield, March 3, 1912, and they have six children, Jr. C., HERBERT L., GARY B., VIRGINIA R., JOHN W., and BETTY LUE. He has been a member of the Republican committee in his township for a number of years; was a member of the social security board in Ozark County in 1937 and 1938 and is active in Red Cross and relief work. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1938, he served as a member of the following committees: Accounts; Agriculture; Education; Probation and Parole; School of Mines; Taxation and Revenue; Roads and Highways. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 87 HAROLD V. HEALY (Democrat), Representative from St. Louis City, Third District; born May 13, 1895, in Cooper County, Mo.; educated in the public and parochial schools of Cooper County and at Christian Brothers College, St. Louis. June 27, 1930, he married Miss MARY FITZPATRICK in St. Louis, and they reside at 1008a Market Street in that city. He entered the employ of the Henry Hiemenz Realty Company, 614 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, in 1913, and now is vice-president and treasurer of that company. Served in France during the World War with Battery A, 141st Field Artillery, 39th Division. Active in Democratic affairs many years, he was elected in 1936 to the House of Representatives of the 59th General Assembly, being re-elected in 1938 and serving in the 60th General Assembly as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and as a member of the following other committees: Constitutional Amendments; Insurance; Municipal Corporations; Public Health; State Library. CARL J. HENRY (Democrat), Representative from Bates County; born and reared in Butler, Mo., where he now resides and practices law. He is a graduate of Iowa State University, and the Kansas City School of Law. He served the City of Butler several terms as city attorney; was probate judge of Bates County two terms; served in the House of Representatives in the 53th and 54th General Assemblies; in the State Senate one term, 1931-1935, when he voluntarily retired to give attention to his private affairs; was elected to the House of Representatives in 1938 with the largest vote on the ticket. In the 60th General Assembly, he served on the following committees: Appropriations; Civil and Criminal Procedure; Judiciary; Roads and Highways; Taxation and Revenue; Township Organization. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 87 G. PURD HAYS (Republican), Representative from Christian County; born December 10, 1865, in Greene County, Mo.; educated in the public schools and high school at Republic, Mo. In April, 1897, he was married at Ozark, Mo., to Miss D. KELTNER of Christian County, and they have four children, GERALD P., GLADYS, FLO and CARL E., of whom the first and last two named are living. After graduating from high school, he studied law in offices of attorneys at Republic and Springfield, and was admitted to the Missouri bar, June 21, 1895. He resides at Ozark, Mo., where he is engaged in the practice of law. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Christian County in 1896, serving in the 39th General Assembly. From 1902 until 1906, he served two terms as Prosecuting Attorney of Christian County, and then served eight years as City Attorney of Ozark. Re-elected to the House of Representatives in 1938, he served on the following committees of the 60th General Assembly: Social Security and Old Age Assistance; Judiciary; Roads and Highways; Wills and Probate; State Library. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives page 87 W. O. HANKS (Democrat), Representative from Jasper County, Second District; born in 1891 at Joplin, Mo.; educated in the public schools of Jasper County; married Miss BEATRICE McKNIGHT at Carthage, Mo., in 1914, and they reside on R. F. D. No. 2, Joplin. He is engaged in the practice of law, with offices in the Miners Bank Building, Joplin. He has been an active Democrat all his life, serving as precinct committeeman and in other capacities in his county organization. He was elected to the House of Representatives of the 59th General assembly in 1936, and re-elected in 1938, being without opposition in both primaries. In the 60th General Assembly, he acted as chairman of the Committee on Criminal Costs and also served as a member of the following other committees: Appropriations; Building and Loan; Mines and Mining; Municipal Corporations. JOHN B. HASKELL (Democrat), Representative from Jackson County, First District; born in Omaha, Neb., March 5, 1869; educated in the public schools of Omaha. He is a merchant and baseball umpire, and resides at the Dixon Hotel, Kansas City, Mo. Since 1899, he has been a Pendergast goat in Kansas City politics. After serving in the House of Representatives in the 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, and 59th General Assemblies, he was re-elected in 1938 and served in the 60th General Assembly as chairman of the Committee on Accounts and as a member of the following other committees: Appropriations; Constitutional Amendments; Miscellaneous Resolutions; Municipal Corporations; Railroads and Internal Improvements; Workmen's Compensation. SAMUEL C. HAYDEN (Democrat), Representative from Jackson County, Ninth District; born at Kansas City, Mo., November 22, 1899; educated in the Kansas City Public schools and Kansas City School of Law. He is single and resides at 4114 South Benton, Kansas City. An attorney, he has offices at 617 Commerce Building, Kansas City. He served in the United States Navy during the World War, and is a member of the American Legion, Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity, Jackson County Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association, and the Southside Regular Democratic Club of Kansas City. A Democrat worker since early manhood, he ran for public office first in 1938, when he was elected to the House of Representatives of the 60th General Assembly, serving as a member of the following committees: Judiciary; Wills and Probate; Official Salaries and Fees; Transportation Other Than Railroads; Municipal Corporations; Elections. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-194- Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 85 ROY HAMLIN (Democreat), Representative from Marion County; born in Franklin County, Mo., October 6, 1890; educated in the public schools of St. Louis, Shurtleff College at Alton, Ill., LaGrange College at LaGrange, Mo., and Washington University, St. Louis. On September 30, 1914, he married Miss MARY SUE WALLACE at Kansas City, Mo., and they have five children, WALACE M., BETTY JANE, REYNOLDS S., ANN S., and MARY SUE. An attorney, he resides at Hannibal, Mo. He is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, and of the Bar Association of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Missouri. After serving four consecutive terms, from 1919 to 1927, as Prosecuting Attorney of Marion County, He was elected to the House of Representatives of the 57th General Assembly, and re-elected in 1934, 1936 and 1938 to the 58th, 59th and 60th General Assemblies. He served as Majority Floor Leader in the 58th, 59th and 60th General Assemblies, and also as a member of the following committees in the 60th General Assembly: Ways and Means; Revision; Private Corporations; Criminal Jusrisprudence; Criminal Costs; Judiciary. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 85 J. W. HALEY (Democrat), Representative from Worth County; born in Alabama, May 31, 1890, and moved to Oklahoma at the age of 14. He attended the public schools in Oklahoma and Texas, and became a Missourian in 1913, at which time he entered a business college in Kansas City, Mo. After completing his course, he located in Grant City, Mo., in 1916, and has since resided there. He married Miss MARY BISHOP in 1917. For the last twenty-one years he has been continuously in the automobile business. In spite of the success and expansion of his business, he has always taken an active part in civic affairs in Grant City and Worth County, and is a member of the Masonic Lodge and Rotary Club of Grant City. He was twice elected City Counsellor of Grant City and served as Mayor of Grant City for a term of two years. He was elected to the House of Representatives of the 59th General Assembly in 1936, and was re-elected in 1938. In the 60th General Assembly, he acted as chairman of the Committee on Permanent Seat of Government, and served as a member of the following other committees: Roads and Highways; Transportation, Other Than Railroads; Employees and Clerical Force; Official Salaries and Fees; Consolidation of Counties, Boards and Bureaus. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 85 EDWARD E. HALE (Democrat), Representative from Schuyler County; born November 27, 1893, in Putnam County, Mo.; educated in the public and high schools of Unionville, Mo., and Kansas City, Mo., and the Bowen Institute of Pharmacy, Brunswick, Mo March 6, 1913, he was married at Kansas City, Mo., to Miss THEO JACKSON of Brunswick, and they have two children, HELEN HALE of Jefferson City, Mo., and JACK, a druggist in Ottumwa, Iowa. He resides at Downing, Mo., where he operates a drug store. Is a member of the Christian Church and the Masonic Lodge at Dowing. Active in Democratic party work for many years, he was a candidate for public office first in 1936, when he was elected without opposition to the House of Representatives in the 59th General Assembly. Re-elected to the House of Representatives in 1938, again without opposition, he served in the 60th General Assembly as chairman of the Committee on Criminal Justice; ranking member of the Committee on Public Health; and as a member of the following other committees: Elections; Employees and Clerical Force; Social Security and Old Age Assistance; Roads and Highways. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 83 DR. J. A. GRAY (Republican), Representative from Atchison County; born in Ansonia, Ohio, October 27. 1882; educated in the grade and high schools of Allen, Kan., and Central Medical College of St. Joseph, Mo., from which he graduated in 1903' post-graduate course in Chicago, 1908, and in New York City, 1914. He married Miss HELEN ANDERSON of Americus, Kan., December 9, 1903, and they reside in Watson Mo. A physician and farm manager, he began practice of medicine in Watson in March, 1903, and has been in active practice continuously since. He is chairman of the Atchison County Red Cross Chapter. Was elected to the House of Representatives in 1934 and re-elected in 1936 and 1938. In the 60th General Assembly, he served on the following committees: Children's Code; Constitutional Amendments; Employees and Clerical Force; Probation and Paroale; Public Health; State Teachers Colleges. Page 85 DON S. GREGSON (Democrat), Representative from St. Louis, Fifth District; born November 27, 1901. in St. Louis, Mo.; educated in the public schools there. Is in the retail furniture business at 4230 North Broadway in St. Louis, and resides at 5359 North Kingshighway there. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1936, he was re-elected in 1938, serving in the 60th General Assembly as chairman of the Committee on Building and Loan; and as a member of the following other committees: Justice of the Peace and County Courts; Municipal Corporations; School of Mines; Taxation and Revenue; Transportation Other Than Railroads. Norma

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OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 83 DON C. GRAFTON (Democrat), Representative from Jasper County, Third District; born at Meadville, Mo., June 25, 1876; educated in the public schools of Missouri and Kansas. He was married, October 11, 1895, at Southwest City, Mo., to Miss ELLA V. RAY. Newspaperman, printer, musician, writer and composer, he resides at Joplin. He is the last living member of Company G, Second Regimental Band, Missouri National Guard, with which he served during the Spanish-American War, 1896-1898. He served as a 4-minute man during the World War. Active in Democratic politics since 1896, he has served as committeeman in the 12th Precinct, City of Joplin, since 1912, and attended state conventions at St. Joseph, Excelsior Springs, Springfield and Joplin. Entering the newspaper business in 1889, at the age of 17, he edited and published a Democratic weekly paper at Southwest City, Mo.; in 1907 and 1908, was managing editor of the Southwest American of Fort Smith, Ark.; city editor, Joplin Tribune, 1911-1913; editor and publisher, Joplin Tribune, 1913-1924, and now employed on the Joplin Globe. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1938, he served on the following committees in the 60th General Assembly: Education; Printing; Mines and Mining; Taxation and Revenue; Municipal Corporations; Social Security and Old Age Assistance. Norma

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