Melvin Eugene "Mel" Carnahan was an American politician who was Governor of Missouri from 1993 to 2000. A Democrat, he died in a plane crash on the Pevely and Hillsboro, Missouri border during a campaign for the U.S. Senate, after which he was elected posthumously to the office. Wikipedia
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Less than a week ago, our friend Mel was hard at work in what turned out to be his last campaign. I thought when we marched behind the casket today and the magnificent horse with the boot turned backwards in the stirrups that in a way it was fitting that transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0010/20/se.01.html
Mel Carnahan , 66, fifty-first Governor of the State of Missouri from Rolla, Missouri, died in an airplane crash on October 16, 2000, in rural Jefferson County, while on his way to a political event in New Madrid. Since his inauguration as governor in 19 www.rollanet.org/~demojwdc/tribute.html
The crowd of citizens, many dressed in black, hushed as the caisson carrying Carnahan's flag-draped coffin slowly made its way through the streets of Jefferson City toward the capitol grounds. Also present was Republican Sen. John Ashcroft , who was bein www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/20/carnahan.service/
