Wilson, Robert, President of MO State Convention that Kept MO in Union, c. 1860s
Entry/Object ID
P1995.1H.745
Description
Wilson, Robert, President of MO State Convention that Kept MO in Union, c. 1860s. b/w. Bust photo image of Robert Wilson as in mid-life, dark hair, clean shaven, wearing dark jacket bow tie. Two photos, versions of one another.
Wilson is best known in Missouri as President of the Missouri State Convention in 1861 charged with the task of deciding if Missouri would secede or stay with the Union. He famously held a meeting of the Northwest Missouri delegates under a tree in the yard of "The Pines", the plantation-style home owned by him and his daughter (off Ashland on Hundley Drive). At this meeting he is said to have convinced the delegates to vote not to secede. At the Jefferson City Convention, the full delegation took up the question of whether to oust the elected officials (i.e. Gov. Jackson, etc. who had already fled the State), and it is thought that Wilson cast the deciding vote to remain with the Union. He then was appointed U.S. Senator by the Convention to fulfill the term of the ousted Senator.
Original digital scan located on History CD 06
Made/Created
Artist
unknown
Date made
1862
Place
City
St. Joseph
State/Province
Missouri
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Civil wars
Search Terms
Civil War in Missouri, Missouri State Convention, 1861, Missouri'ssabalo Decision to Remain in Union
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 7¾" x 10"
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Wilson, Robert
Provenance
Notes
From George Caleb Bingham painting in possession of Mrs. Marion Dolman Krug, Camp Sherman, Oregon
