Born: 20-Aug-1884Birthplace: Quitman, MODied: 3-Mar-1980Location of death: St. Louis, MOCause of death: PneumoniaRemains: Buried, Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
Gender: MaleReligion: Methodist [1]Race or Ethnicity: WhiteSexual orientation: StraightOccupation: PoliticianParty Affiliation: Republican
Nationality: United StatesExecutive summary: Governor and Senator from Missouri
Father: John Cary DonnellMother: Barbara Lee WaggonerWife: Hilda Hays (m. 29-Jan-1913, one daughter, one son)Daughter: Ruth (b. 1914)Son: John Lanier (b. 1918)
High School: Maryville High School, Maryville, MO (1900) University: BA, University of Missouri-Columbia (1904) Law School: LLB, University of Missouri Law School (1907)
US Senator, Missouri (3-Jan-1945 to 3-Jan-1951) Governor of Missouri (1941-45) Missouri State Official City Attorney, Webster Groves, MO Freemasonry Kappa Sigma Fraternity Missouri Bar Association 1907 Order of the Coif Phi Beta Kappa Society Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
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