Allen McReynolds explained

Allen McReynolds
State Senate:Missouri
District:28th
Term Start:elected 1934
Term End:?
Birth Date:November 7, 1877
Birth Place:Carthage, Missouri
Death Date:September 29, 1960
Death Place:Carthage, Missouri[1]
Nationality:American
Spouse:Maude Atwood Clark
Party:Democrat
Children:2 (1 son, 1 daughter)
Alma Mater:University of Missouri

Allen McReynolds (November 7, 1877 - September 29, 1960[2]) was an American politician from Carthage, Missouri, who served in the Missouri Senate. He served in the Missouri National Guard. McReynolds was educated in Missouri public schools and at the University of Missouri.[3] In 1940, he ran for the Democratic nomination for governor of Missouri as a reformist opposed to the urban machines of Bernard F. Dickmann in St. Louis and Tom Pendergast in Kansas City.[4] [5] His daughter Helen Elizabeth married George Rozier, a state senator from Jefferson City, Missouri.[1]

References

  1. Book: 1999 . Dictionary of Missouri Biography . University of Missouri Press . Columbia, Missouri . 543.
  2. Web site: Findagrave.com: Allen McReynolds, Sr. . 2014-10-08.
  3. Book: Dwight H. Brown. Official Manual State of Missouri 1939-1940 . . Jefferson City, Missouri . 60.
  4. Book: Christensen, Lawrence O.. Dictionary of Missouri Biography. University of Missouri Press. 1999. 543. 9780826260161.
  5. Book: Ferrell, Robert H.. Truman and Pendergast. University of Missouri Press. 1999. 123–126. 9780826260505.