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**Missouri**
Capital	Jefferson City;
Nickname	The Show Me State;
Official Language	None
Governor	Jay Nixon, D
Senator	Claire McCaskill, D ; (202) 224-6154 ; Contact
Senator	Roy Blunt, R ; (202) 224-5721 ; Contact;
Ratification of Constitution/or statehood	August 10, 1821 (24th)
Flag of Missouri	Motto: Salus populi suprema lex esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)

Revision as of 23:00, January 16, 2011

Missouri is a Midwestern state that was admitted to the Union as a slave state on August 10, 1821. Its nickname is the "Show Me State". Its capital is Jefferson City and its largest cities are, respectively, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield. Missouri borders Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. The current Governor is Jay Nixon

Politics

Missouri is a swing state in presidential elections. It had consistently supported the winning candidates since 1960 until 2008 when it favored John McCain, who lost to Barack Hussein Obama. Before Obama, the last losing candidate to win Missouri was Adlai Stevenson in 1956.

Gun Laws

Under Missouri law it's illegial to transfer a gun to a person under the age of 18 without without the consent of the child's custodial parent or guardian ^[1]. However, under federal law, the minimum age to possess a handgun is 18. The minimum age to get a concealed carry permit is 23.^[2]

Elected Officials

Federal

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D)
Sen. Roy Blunt (R)
Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr. [D, MO-01]
Rep. Todd Akin [D, MO-02]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-03]
Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R, MO-04]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-05]
Rep. Sam Graves [R, MO-06]
Rep. Billy Long [R, MO-07]
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson [R, MO-08]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R, MO-09]

Statewide

Governor Jay Nixon (D)
Lt. Governor Peter Kinder (R)
Attorney General Chris Koster (D)
Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D)
State Auditor Tom Schweich (R)
State Treasurer Clint Zweifel (D)

Miscellaneous

The term "Missouri" comes from an Algonquin word roughly translating to "river of the big canoes". ^[3]

St. Louis hosted the World's Fair in 1904, where the ice cream cone was invented. ^[4]

The mule is the state animal.

The term "iron curtain" referring to the line separating Communist countries from non-Communist contries in Europe was first used by Winston Churchill at a speech in Fulton.

Notable Missourians

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft served as governor and senator for the state.
Five star general Omar Bradley was from Clark.
Frontiersman Daniel Boone settled in Missori late in his life.
Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was from Hannibal.
Poet T.S. Eliot was from St. Louis.
Political commentator Rush Limbaugh is from Cape Girardeau.
President Harry Truman lived in Lamar and Independence.
Journalist Catherine J. Sambark
Agricultural scientist George Washington Carver, born in Diamond Grove
Film director and actor John Huston, born in Nevada
Outlaws Jesse James and Frank James, born in Clay County
Phyllis Schlafly, conservative political activist, author
US Army General John J. Pershing, born near Laclede

References

[1] Missouri Gun Statutes

[2] MissouriCarry.com

[3] ttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/missouri/

[4] ttp://www.50states.com/facts/mo.htm

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