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|name=Missouri
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|flag=Missouri_State_Flag.gif
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|motto=Salus populi suprema lex esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)
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|nick=The Show Me State
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|capital=Jefferson City
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|language=None
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|governor=Jay Nixon
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|gparty=Democrat
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|senator2=Roy Blunt
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|s2party=Republican
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|s2phone=(202) 224-5721
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|s2email=http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/senators/one_item_and_teasers/Blunt_Roy.htm Contact
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|senator1=Claire McCaskill
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|s1party=Democrat
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|s1phone=(202) 224-6154
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|s1email=http://mccaskill.senate.gov/contact/ Contact
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'''Missouri''' is a Midwestern state that was admitted to the Union as a slave state on August 10, 1821. Its nickname is the "Show Me State". Its capital is [[Jefferson City]] and its largest cities are, respectively, [[Kansas City]], [[St. Louis]], and Springfield. Missouri borders [[Illinois]], [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Arkansas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], [[Iowa]], and [[Nebraska]].  The current Governor is [[Jay Nixon]]
  
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'''Missouri''' is a Midwestern state that was admitted to the Union as a slave state on August 10, 1821. Its nickname is the "Show Me State". Its capital is Jefferson City and its largest cities are, respectively, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield.
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==Politics==
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Missouri is a [[swing state]] in presidential elections. It had consistently supported the winning candidates since 1960 until 2008 when it favored [[John McCain]], who lost to [[Barack Hussein Obama]]. Before Obama, the last losing candidate to win Missouri was [[Adlai Stevenson]] in 1956.
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===Gun Laws===
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Under Missouri law it's illegial to transfer a gun to a person under the age of 18 without without the consent of the child's custodial parent or
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guardian.<ref>[http://www.atf.treas.gov/firearms/statelaws/23rdedition/missouri.pdf Missouri Gun Statutes]</ref>  However, under federal law, the minimum age to possess a handgun is 18. The minimum age to get a concealed carry permit is 23.<ref>[http://www.missouricarry.com/apply1.htm MissouriCarry.com]</ref>
  
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==Miscellaneous==
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==Elected Officials==
  
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The term "Missouri" comes from an Algonquin word roughly translating to "river of the big canoes". <ref>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/missouri/</ref>
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===Federal===
  
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==Notable Missourians==
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*Sen. [[Claire McCaskill]] (D)
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*Sen. [[Roy Blunt]] (R)
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*Rep. [[William Lacy Clay, Jr.]] [D, MO-01]
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*Rep. [[Todd Akin]] [D, MO-02]
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*Rep. [[Russ Carnahan]] [D, MO-03]
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*Rep. [[Vicky Hartzler]] [R, MO-04]
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*Rep. [[Emanuel Cleaver]] [D, MO-05]
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*Rep. [[Sam Graves]] [R, MO-06]
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*Rep. [[Billy Long]] [R, MO-07]
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*Rep. [[Jo Ann Emerson]] [R, MO-08]
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*Rep. [[Blaine Luetkemeyer]] [R, MO-09]
  
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Former Attorney General [[John Ashcroft]] used to live in Springfield.
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===Statewide===
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*Governor [[Jay Nixon]] (D)
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*Lt. Governor [[Peter Kinder]] (R)
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*Attorney General [[Chris Koster]] (D)
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*Secretary of State [[Robin Carnahan]] (D)
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*State Auditor [[Tom Schweich]] (R)
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*State Treasurer [[Clint Zweifel]] (D)
  
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Five star general [[Omar Bradley]] was from Clark.
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==Miscellaneous==
  
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Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as [[Mark Twain]], was from Hannibal.
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The term "Missouri" comes from an Algonquin word roughly translating to "river of the big canoes".<ref>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/missouri/</ref>
  
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Poet [[T.S. Eliot]] was from St. Louis.
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St. Louis hosted the World's Fair in 1904, where the ice cream cone was invented.<ref>http://www.50states.com/facts/mo.htm</ref>
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The mule is the state animal.
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The term "iron curtain" referring to the line separating Communist countries from non-Communist countries in [[Europe]] was first used by [[Winston Churchill]] at a speech in Fulton.
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==Notable Missourians==
  
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Political commentator [[Rush Limbaugh]] is from Cape Girardeau.
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*Former Attorney General [[John Ashcroft]] served as governor and senator for the state.
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*Five star general [[Omar Bradley]] was from Clark.
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*Frontiersman [[Daniel Boone]] settled in Missori late in his life.
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*Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as [[Mark Twain]], was from Hannibal.
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*Poet [[T.S. Eliot]] was from St. Louis.
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*Political commentator [[Rush Limbaugh]] is from Cape Girardeau.
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*President [[Harry Truman]] lived in Lamar and Independence.
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*Journalist [[Catherine J. Sambark]]
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*Agricultural scientist [[George Washington Carver]], born in Diamond Grove
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*Film director and actor [[John Huston]], born in Nevada
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*Outlaws [[Jesse James]] and [[Frank James]], born in Clay County
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*[[Phyllis Schlafly]], conservative political activist, author
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*US Army General [[John J. Pershing]], born near Laclede
  
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President [[Harry Truman]] lived in Lamar and Independence.
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==See also==
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*[[Better Courts for Missouri]]
  
 
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Revision as of 17:48, July 27, 2016

Missouri
Capital Jefferson City
Nickname The Show Me State
Official Language None
Governor Jay Nixon, D
Senator Claire McCaskill, D
(202) 224-6154
Contact
Senator Roy Blunt, R
(202) 224-5721
Contact
Ratification of Constitution/or statehood August 10, 1821 (24th)
Flag of Missouri Motto: Salus populi suprema lex esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)

Missouri is a Midwestern state that was admitted to the Union as a slave state on August 10, 1821. Its nickname is the "Show Me State". Its capital is Jefferson City and its largest cities are, respectively, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield. Missouri borders Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. The current Governor is Jay Nixon

Politics

Missouri is a swing state in presidential elections. It had consistently supported the winning candidates since 1960 until 2008 when it favored John McCain, who lost to Barack Hussein Obama. Before Obama, the last losing candidate to win Missouri was Adlai Stevenson in 1956.

Gun Laws

Under Missouri law it's illegial to transfer a gun to a person under the age of 18 without without the consent of the child's custodial parent or guardian.[1] However, under federal law, the minimum age to possess a handgun is 18. The minimum age to get a concealed carry permit is 23.[2]

Elected Officials

Federal

Statewide

Miscellaneous

The term "Missouri" comes from an Algonquin word roughly translating to "river of the big canoes".[3]

St. Louis hosted the World's Fair in 1904, where the ice cream cone was invented.[4]

The mule is the state animal.

The term "iron curtain" referring to the line separating Communist countries from non-Communist countries in Europe was first used by Winston Churchill at a speech in Fulton.

Notable Missourians

See also

References

  1. ↑ Missouri Gun Statutes
  2. ↑ MissouriCarry.com
  3. ↑ http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/missouri/
  4. ↑ http://www.50states.com/facts/mo.htm


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