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Banton G. Boone

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Banton Gallitin Boone
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Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives
In office
1875–1877
Preceded byMortimer McIlhaney
Succeeded byJohn F. Williams
Attorney General of Missouri
In office
1885–1889
Preceded byDaniel McIntyre
Succeeded byJohn M. Wood
Personal details
Born(1838-10-23)October 23, 1838
DiedFebruary 11, 1900(1900-02-11) (aged 61)
Political partyDemocratic

Banton Gallitin Boone (October 23, 1838 – February 11, 1900) was a Democratic Party politician and lawyer from Missouri. He was Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877, and Missouri Attorney General from 1885 to 1889.[1]

Boone was a descendant of famous American pioneer and frontiersman Daniel Boone. He was born in Callaway County and moved to Clinton in Henry County, where he became Deputy County Clerk in 1856. He was admitted to the bar in 1860. He fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Lamkin, Uel W. (1919). "History of Henry County, Missouri". Historical Publishing Company.
  2. ^ Stewart, A.J.D. (1898). "The History of the Bench and Bar of Missouri: With Reminiscences of the Prominent Lawyers of the Past, and a Record of the Law's Leaders of the Present". Legal Publishing Company.