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Bogy, Lewis V. (Lewis Vital), 1813-1877

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Personal name headingBogy, Lewis V. (Lewis Vital), 1813-1877
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Variant(s)Bogy, Mr. (Lewis Vital), 1813-1877
Bogy, L. V. (Lewis Vital), 1813-1877
Birth date1813-04-09
Death date1877-09-20
Place of birthSainte Genevieve (Mo.)
Place of deathSaint Louis (Mo.)
AffiliationTransylvania University
Missouri. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Missouri. General Assembly. House of Representatives
United States. Congress. Senate
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLegislators Lawyers
Found inIn the Senate of the United States, 1876?: p. 1 (Mr. Bogy)
MoSU-L/Nat. Am. files (usage: Lewis V. Bogy; variant: L.V. Bogy)
Members of Cong. since 1789, 1977 (Bogy, Lewis Vital, D. Mo., Apr. 9, 1813-Sept. 20, 1877; Senate 1873-1877)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, October 18, 2017 (Bogy, Lewis Vital, a Senator from Missouri; born in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., April 9, 1813; attended the public schools; employed as clerk in a mercantile establishment; studied law in Illinois; graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1835 and commenced practice in St. Louis; served in the Black Hawk War; member of the board of aldermen of St. Louis in 1838; member, State house of representatives 1840-1841, 1854-1855; Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1867 and 1868; president of the city council of St. Louis in 1872; one of the founders of the St. Louis Iron Mountain Railway, acting as president for two years; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1873, until his death in St. Louis, Mo., September 20, 1877; interment in Calvary Cemetery)
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