History of Daviess County Missouri United States of America

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A Short Biography of Alexander Monroe Dockery

Alexander Monroe Dockery, representative, was born in Daviess county, Mo., Feb. 11, 1845. He attended the Macon (Mo.) academy, was graduated from the St. Louis medical college in 1865 and attended lectures at Bellevue hospital medical college, New York city, and Jefferson college, Philadelphia, 1865-66. He practised in Chillicothe, Mo., until January, 1874, serving several years as county physician of Livingston county. In 1874 he gave up practice and removed to Gallatin, Mo., where he assisted in organizing the Farmers' exchange bank of which he was cashier until elected a representative in congress. He was a curate of the University of Missouri, 1872-82; president of the board of education, Chillicothe, Mo., 1870-72; member of the city council of Gallatin, 1878-81, and mayor of that city, 1881-83. He was chairman of the Democratic state convention in 1886; and a representative in the 48th-55th congresses, 1883-99. In 1901 he was elected governor of Missouri.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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