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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“Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man’s nature—opposition to it, is [in?] his love of justice.... Repeal the Missouri compromise—repeal all compromises—repeal the declaration of independence—repeal all past history, you still can not repeal human nature. It still will be the abundance of man’s heart, that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)