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Gamble, Hamilton R., Missouri Governor, 1861-1864, PhotoEntry/Object ID
P1991.1H.318Description
Gamble, Hamilton R., Missouri Governor, 1861-1864, Photo. b/w. Copy of a portrait photo of Gamble as older man, with longish white hair, mutton chops, but otherwise clean shaven. Head/shoulder view,. He is wearing a dark, vested suit with ribbon tie at throat. Included is a copy of Gamble's signature on a military appointment for F.M. West of Worth County as described below. See Museum Graphic, Spring, 1958.
Hamilton Rowan Gamble (November 29, 1798 – January 31, 1864) served as the Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court at the time of the Dred Scott case in 1852. Although his colleagues voted to overturn the 28-year precedent in Missouri of "once free always free," Gamble wrote a dissenting opinion. Gamble, himself was a slaveholder.
When Missouri found itself without a governor, after Federal Troops took over Jefferson City after the Camp Jackson affair in St. Louis, causing the elected governor to in June 1861, Gamble was appointed Governor by the Missouri Constitution Convention which held that the office was vacant. He served until his death in office from infection January 31, 1864.
91.1H.319 = Commission for F.M. West of Worth County as Second Lt. Judd's Company in enrolled militia of the State of Missouri. Signed by H.R. Gamble, Aug. 16 1862.Lexicon
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