the State Historical Society of Missouri
Perry McCandless was a professor of history at the University of Central Missouri.
Articles Authored
![Lewis Bogy. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, LC-DIG-cwpbh-00128]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-03/1-Lewis-Bogy.jpg?itok=XCob_nXz "Lewis Bogy. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, LC-DIG-cwpbh-00128]")
Born in Ste. Genevieve on April 9, 1818, as a descendant of early French…
![Daniel Dunklin. [State Historical Society of Missouri, P1042-018634]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Daniel_Dunklin_P1042-018634.jpg?itok=qH2FRHoq "Daniel Dunklin. [State Historical Society of Missouri, P1042-018634]")
Missouri’s fifth governor, Daniel Dunklin, was born on January 14, 1790, in the Greenville…
![James S. Green. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-26803]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-04/1.%20James%20S.%20Green.jpg?itok=pBwCCgZm "James S. Green. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-26803]")
James S. Green was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, on February 28, 1817, and settled in…
![Hancock Lee Jackson. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri Governors Portraits Collection, P1091-018866]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-04/1.%20Hancock%20Lee%20Jackson.jpg?itok=FArxev0x "Hancock Lee Jackson. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri Governors Portraits Collection, P1091-018866]")
Hancock Lee Jackson was born in Madison County, Kentucky, on May 12, 1796. He married…
![Alexander McNair. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Art Collection Records, P1042-13377,]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Alexander_McNair.jpg?itok=rJObcpd2 "Alexander McNair. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Art Collection Records, P1042-13377,]")
Alexander McNair, the first governor of the state of Missouri, was born in what was then…