Tom Pendergast

Tom Pendergast

male, deceased (1945)
Thomas Joseph Pendergast (July 22, 1873 - January 26, 1945) controlled Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri as a political boss. "Boss Tom"...
Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

male, deceased (1972)
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 - December 26, 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945-1953); as Vice President, he succeeded...

Henry Perry

male, deceased (1950)
Henry Perry (1875-March 22, 1940) was a restaurateur who is considered the "father of Kansas City barbecue." Perry was born in Shelby County,...

James Pendergast

male, deceased (1911)
James Francis Pendergast (1856 - November 10, 1911) was a Democratic politician who was to be the first Big City Boss of Kansas City, Missouri. He...
Lloyd C. Stark

Lloyd C. Stark

male, deceased (1972)
Lloyd Crow Stark (November 23, 1886 - September 17, 1972) was a Governor of the U.S. state of Missouri. He was a Democrat. Stark was born near...

Maurice M. Milligan

male, deceased (1959)
Maurice Morton Milligan (1884 - 1959), a U.S. District Attorney for Western Missouri, is most famous for the successful 1939 prosecution of Kansas...
Joe Shannon

Joe Shannon

male, deceased (1943)
Joseph Bernard Shannon (March 17, 1867 - March 28, 1943) was a Democratic political boss in Kansas City, Missouri that was a rival to the more...
Robert E. Hannegan

Robert E. Hannegan

male, deceased (1949)
Robert Emmet Hannegan (June 30, 1903-October 6, 1949) was a St. Louis, Missouri politician who served as Commissioner of Internal Revenue from...

Manvel H. Davis

male, deceased (1959)
Manvel Humphrey Davis was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri State Senate. Davis, a Republican, challenged Harry S....