The Bennetts of Missouri
- Philip Allen Bennett (1881–1942), Chairman of the Dallas County, Missouri Republican Committee; delegate to the Republican National Convention 1912; Missouri State Senator 1921-1925; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri 1925-1929; candidate for Governor of Missouri 1928; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 1938; U.S. Representative from Missouri 1941-1942. Father of Marion Tinsley Bennett.
- Marion Tinsley Bennett (1914–2000), U.S. Representative from Missouri 1943-1949, Judge of U.S. Court of Claims 1972-1982, Circuit Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals 1982-1997. Son of Philip Allen Bennett.
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“Then they seen it, the old Missouri River shinin’ in the moon and across it the lights of St. Louis.”
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