. A history of Missouri and Missourians : a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school. the congressmen elected were two able men who laterbecame governors of Missouri, Sterling Price and John The leader of the Missouri House of Representativeswas Claiborne F. Jackson, another man who later becamegovernor. In a few years these new leaders turned againstBenton and finally defeated him. The people voted in favorof a constitutional convention. Senator David R. Atchison was a native of Kentucky. Hewas a lawyer of ability and had served
. A history of Missouri and Missourians : a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school. the congressmen elected were two able men who laterbecame governors of Missouri, Sterling Price and John The leader of the Missouri House of Representativeswas Claiborne F. Jackson, another man who later becamegovernor. In a few years these new leaders turned againstBenton and finally defeated him. The people voted in favorof a constitutional convention. Senator David R. Atchison was a native of Kentucky. Hewas a lawyer of ability and had served both in the Legislatureand on the bench. He came from Platte county. He was one of the younger leaders and after1848 opposed Bentons views onslavery. He was a strong Statesright man and favored the slavestates. He was re-elected in 1848but was defeated in 1854. Governor John C. Edwards, ofCole county, was also a was a lawyer and had servedMissouri as secretaiy of state andas congressman. His administra-tion was a success and Missourigrew in wealth and population. ItJOHN c. EDWARDS was marked by several important. • Missouri Politics, 1844-1860 131 events. One of the first was trouble between Iowa and Missouri-over the northern boundary line. This is called the HoneyWar and will be considered under A Century if MilitaryMissouri. The boundary line was finally determined by theUnited States Supreme Court in 1848. In 1845 the constitu-tional convention met and framed a new constitution. It wassubmitted to the people, who rejected it in 1846. It was a^ood constitution but, somehow, it did not satisfy the most important event was the outbreak of war betweenthe United States and Mexico. The national governmentcalled for volunteers and Missourians enlisted by the were led by such men as Alexander W. Doniphan andSterling Price. The Missouri troops made a wonderful recordin conquering New Mexico and several large provinces in OldMexico. This was i
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