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Though not organized until several years after the party had formed at the national level, the Whig Party in Missouri enjoyed consistent, albeit minority, support from the electorate during its two decades in existenc

Emil Preetorius was a German-language journalist in St. Louis. Born in Alzey, Rheinhessen, Germany, on March 15, 1827, he received a doctorate of laws at Giessen, also studying at Heidelberg.

Pedro Joseph Piernas, the first Spanish lieutenant governor in St. Louis, occupied that post between 1770 and 1775.

Homer G. Phillips was born in Sedalia, Missouri, on April 1, 1880. He was raised by an aunt after his parents died. From these humble beginnings he rose to a position of national prominence.

Henri Peyroux de Ia Coudrenière was born in France around 1743, the son of Marguerite-Suzanne Peyroux; the identity of his father is unknown.

Manuel Pérez, Spanish lieutenant governor in St. Louis from 1787 to 1792, was born in Zamora, Spain, in 1735.

Historians have been unable to determine the exact date, or even year, of George Washington Carver’s birth. Biographer Linda O.