Ray County, Missouri Biographies - Alexander William Doniphan (1808-1887)

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Alexander William Doniphan

Alexander William Doniphan (1808-1887) of Liberty, Clay County, Mo.; Richmond, Ray County, Mo.
Born in Mason County, Ky., July 9, 1808. Son-in-law of John Thorton. Democrat. Member of Missouri
state legislature, 1836, 1840, 1854; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1876. Led Doniphan's Expedition into Mexico, 1846-47.
Doniphan, Missouri is named for him. Died in 1887. Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Liberty, Mo.
Doniphan County, Kan. is named for him. 
Books about Alexander William Doniphan: Roger D. Launius, Alexander William Doniphan: Portrait of
a Missouri Moderate




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