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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriForrest C. DONNELL
(1884-1980)
Senate Years of Service:
1945-1951Party: RepublicanDONNELL, Forrest C., a
Senator from Missouri; born in Quitman, Nodaway County, Mo., August
20, 1884; attended the public schools; graduated from the
University of Missouri at Columbia in 1904 and from its law school
in 1907; admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in St.
Louis, Mo.; city attorney of Webster Groves, Mo.; Governor of
Missouri 1941-1945; elected as a Republican to the United States
Senate and served from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1951; was an
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950; resumed the practice
of law in St. Louis, Mo., where he died March 3, 1980; interment in
Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Bibliography
Sherman, Matthew C. “‘The Most Serious Senator’:
A Reconsideration of Forrest C. Donnell of Missouri and the North
Atlantic Treaty.” Missouri Historical Review 101
(January 2007): 78-98.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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