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Robert Mercellus Stewart

STEWART, Robert Mercellus, governor of Missouri, born in Truxton, New York, 12 March, 1815; died in St. Joseph, Missouri, 21 September, 1871. He went to Kentucky as a boy, and in 1838 settled in Buchanan county, Missouri In 1845 he was a delegate to the State constitutional convention, and for ten years he was a member of the state senate. He was elected governor of Missouri in 1857, and served for four years, during which time he was active in founding the system of railroads that centres in that state. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the National army, but failing health prevented him from serving and he soon retired.

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