David Barton

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David Barton was an early 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Missouri who served as one of the state's first U.S. senators and was influential in its early political development.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
lawyer
politician
burialPlace Walnut Grove Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1783-12-14
dateOfDeath 1837-09-28
electedIn United States Senate election in Missouri, 1820
endTime 1831 (end of service as U.S. senator from Missouri)
era Early national period of the United States
ethnicGroup American of European descent
gender male
jurisdiction State of Missouri
knownFor being an early 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Missouri
helping shape Missouri’s early political institutions
legislativeBody Missouri State Senate
United States Senate
memberOfPoliticalParty Adams Party
Democratic-Republican Party
National Republican Party
nativeLanguage English
notableWork influence on early political development of Missouri
occupation lawyer
politician
participatedIn drafting of Missouri state constitution
placeOfBirth Greene County, Tennessee
placeOfDeath Boonville, Missouri
positionHeld Missouri Attorney General
President pro tempore of the Missouri State Senate
United States senator
member of the Missouri Territorial Legislature
precededBy none (Missouri newly admitted to the Union)
represents Missouri
residence Missouri
servedAs one of the first U.S. senators from Missouri
startTime 1821 (start of service as U.S. senator from Missouri)
stateOfOrigin Tennessee
succeededBy Thomas Hart Benton (as senior political figure from Missouri in the Senate context)
termEndAsUSSenatorFromMissouri 1831
termStartAsUSSenatorFromMissouri 1821
wasAPoliticalLeaderIn early history of Missouri

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Barton County, Missouri
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