American politician and lawyer
Banton Gallitin Boone |
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Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives |
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In office 1875–1877 |
Preceded by | Mortimer McIlhaney |
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Succeeded by | John F. Williams |
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Attorney General of Missouri |
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In office 1885–1889 |
Preceded by | Daniel McIntyre |
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Succeeded by | John M. Wood |
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Personal details |
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Born | (1838-10-23)October 23, 1838 |
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Died | February 11, 1900(1900-02-11) (aged 61) |
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Political party | Democratic |
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Banton Gallitin Boone (October 23, 1838 – February 11, 1900) was a Democratic Party politician and lawyer from Missouri. He was Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877, and Missouri Attorney General from 1885 to 1889.[1]
Boone was a descendant of famous American pioneer and frontiersman Daniel Boone. He was born in Callaway County and moved to Clinton in Henry County, where he became Deputy County Clerk in 1856. He was admitted to the bar in 1860. He fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War.[2]
References
- ^ Lamkin, Uel W. (1919). "History of Henry County, Missouri". Historical Publishing Company.
- ^ Stewart, A.J.D. (1898). "The History of the Bench and Bar of Missouri: With Reminiscences of the Prominent Lawyers of the Past, and a Record of the Law's Leaders of the Present". Legal Publishing Company.
Attorneys General of Missouri
- Edward Bates (1820–1821)
- Rufus Easton (1821–1826)
- Robert William Wells (1826–1836)
- William Barclay Napton (1836–1839)
- Samuel Bay (1839–1845)
- B. F. Stringfellow (1845–1849)
- William A. Robards (1849–1851)
- James B. Gardenhire (1851–1857)
- Ephraim Brevard Ewing (1857–1858)
- J. Proctor Knott (1858–1861)
- Aikman Welch (1861–1864)
- T. T. Crittenden (1864–1865)
- Robert Wingate (1865–1869)
- Horace B. Johnson (1869–1871)
- Andrew Baker (1871–1872)
- Henry Ewing (1872–1875)
- John A. Hockaday (1875–1877)
- Jackson Smith (1877–1881)
- Daniel McIntyre (1881–1885)
- Banton Boone (1885–1889)
- John M. Wood (1889–1893)
- Robert F. Walker (1893–1897)
- Edward Coke Crow (1897–1905)
- Herbert S. Hadley (1905–1909)
- Elliott Woolfolk Major (1909–1913)
- John Barker (1913–1917)
- Frank McAllister (1917–1921)
- Jesse W. Barrett (1921–1925)
- Robert Otto (1925)
- North Gentry (1925–1928)
- Stratton Shartel (1928–1933)
- Roy McKittrick (1933–1945)
- Jonathan E. Taylor (1945–1953)
- John M. Dalton (1953–1961)
- Thomas Eagleton (1961–1965)
- Norman H. Anderson (1965–1969)
- John Danforth (1969–1977)
- John Ashcroft (1977–1985)
- William L. Webster (1985–1993)
- Jay Nixon (1993–2009)
- Chris Koster (2009–2017)
- Josh Hawley (2017–2019)
- Eric Schmitt (2019–2023)
- Andrew Bailey (2023–present)
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