Lewis V. Bogy Explained

Lewis Vital Bogy
Jr/Sr1:United States Senator
State1:Missouri
Term Start1:March 4, 1873
Term End1:September 20, 1877
Predecessor1:Francis P. Blair Jr.
Successor1:David H. Armstrong
Office2:Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Term Start2:1866
Term End2:1867
President2:Andrew Johnson
Predecessor2:Dennis N. Cooley
Successor2:Nathaniel Green Taylor
Office3:President of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen
Term3:1872
Office4:Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
Term4:1840–1841
1854–1855
Office5:St. Louis Alderman
Term5:1838
Birth Date:9 April 1813
Birth Place:Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Death Place:St. Louis, Missouri
Party:Democratic
Signature:Signature of Lewis Vital Bogy (1813–1877).png

Lewis Vital Bogy (April 9, 1813September 20, 1877) was a United States senator from Missouri. Born in Ste. Geneviève, he attended the public schools, was employed as clerk in a mercantile establishment, studied law in Illinois, graduated from Transylvania University (Lexington, Kentucky in 1835 and commenced practice in St. Louis. He served in the Black Hawk War, was a member of the board of aldermen of St. Louis in 1838, and was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1840–1841 and 1854–1855. He was commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1866 and 1867, and president of the city council of St. Louis in 1872. Bogy was one of the founders of the St. Louis Iron Mountain Railway, acting as president for two years.

Bogy was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1873, until his death in St. Louis in 1877; he was buried at Calvary Cemetery section 1.[1]

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  1. Historical Tour Outline of Calvary Cemetery (brochure)