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Did You Know...?
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In 1820, Missouri drew up a constitution and elected and organized a state government - 10 months before Missouri was officially recognized as a state!
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Missouri has actually had SIX Capitol Buildings: The Mansion House in St. Louis; the Missouri Hotel in St. Louis; St. Charles; and three buildings in Jefferson City. Fires destroyed the first two in 1837 and 1911. The present capitol building has been occupied since 1917.
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Missouri's first African-American senator was Theodore McNeal of St. Louis. He served from 1960 - 1970.
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Missouri's first female senator was Mary Gant of Kansas City. She served from 1972 - 1980.
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Missouri's longest-serving senator was Michael Kinney of St. Louis, who served for 56 years, from 1912 - 1968.
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Missouri is known as the "Show Me State". The expression may have originated in 1899 when Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver stated, "I'm from Missouri and you've got to show me." |
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