Banton Gallitin Boone | |
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| Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives | |
| In office 1875–1877 | |
| Preceded by | Mortimer McIlhaney |
| Succeeded by | John F. Williams |
| Attorney General of Missouri | |
| In office 1885–1889 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel McIntyre |
| Succeeded by | John M. Wood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 23, 1838 |
| Died | February 11, 1900 (aged 61) |
| Political party | Democratic |
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
[edit]- ^ Lamkin, Uel W. (1919). "History of Henry County, Missouri". Historical Publishing Company.
- ^ 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.
