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1996 United States Presidential Election In Missouri
The 1996 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose eleven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Missouri was won by President Bill Clinton ( D) over Senator Bob Dole ( R- KS), with Clinton winning 47.54% to 41.24% for margin of 6.3%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot ( Reform Party of the United States of America- TX) finished in third, with 10.06% of the popular vote. From 1904 to 2004, the state has been carried by the winner of the presidential election, with the exceptions of the election of 1956. The state was carried by the Republicans in 2000, and continued to move rightward in future elections (with the exception of 2008) with its white, rural, culturally conservative population following in the direction of neighboring Southern states like Arkansas. Missouri indeed appears to have lost its bellwethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992, and as attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, Clinton became known as a New Democrat, as many of his policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy. He is the husband of Hillary Clinton, who was a senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 and the Democratic nominee for president in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton was born and raised in Arkansas and attended Georgetown University. He received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at University College, Oxford and later graduated from Yale Law School. He met Hillary Rodham at Yale; they married in 1975. After graduating from law school, Clinton returned to Arkansas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 United States Presidential Election In Missouri
The 2004 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Missouri was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 7.20% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 10 of 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise considered as a red state. He also won a wide majority of the counties and congressional districts in the state. Despite the fact that the state had voted for the eventual winner of the election in every presidential election since 1904, with the exception of the 1956 election, Bush carried this state with a larger margin of victory than his nationwide results, indicating that the state had become more conservative than the rest of the country and that it was trending Republican. These factors eventually led the state to lose its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeKalb County, Missouri
DeKalb County is a county located in the northwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,029. Its county seat is Maysville. The county was organized February 25, 1845 and named for General Johann de Kalb, Baron de Kalb, of the Revolutionary War. DeKalb County is part of the St. Joseph, MO- KS Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Kansas City-Overland Park- Kansas City, MO- KS Combined Statistical Area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.0%) is water. Adjacent counties * Gentry County (north) * Daviess County (east) * Caldwell County (southeast) *Clinton County (south) * Buchanan County (southwest) * Andrew County (west) Major highways * Interstate 35 * U.S. Route 36 * U.S. Route 69 * U.S. Route 169 * Route 6 * Route 31 * Route 33 Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 11,597 people, 3,528 households and 2,473 familie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livingston County, Missouri
Livingston County is a County (United States), county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 14,557. Its county seat is Chillicothe, Missouri, Chillicothe. The county was organized January 6, 1837, and named for United States Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of State Edward Livingston. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.2%) is water. Adjacent counties *Grundy County, Missouri, Grundy County (north) *Linn County, Missouri, Linn County (east) *Chariton County, Missouri, Chariton County (southeast) *Carroll County, Missouri, Carroll County (south) *Caldwell County, Missouri, Caldwell County (southwest) *Daviess County, Missouri, Daviess County (northwest) Major highways * U.S. Route 36 (Missouri), U.S. Route 36 * U.S. Route 65 (Missouri), U.S. Route 65 * Missouri Route 190, Route 190 Demographics As of the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin County, Missouri
Franklin County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 104,682. Its county seat is Union. The county was organized in 1818 and is named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Franklin County is part of the St. Louis, MO- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area and contains some of the city's exurbs. It is located along the south side of the Missouri River. The county has wineries that are included in the Hermann AVA (American Viticultural Area) and is part of the region known as the Missouri Rhineland, which extends on both sides of the Missouri River. History Occupied by succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples, this area was populated by the historic Osage tribe at the time of European encounter. The region was first settled by Europeans during the rule of the Spanish Empire. The Spanish log fort ''San Juan del Misuri'' (1796–1803) was built in present-day Washington. After the American Revolutionary War, migrants from the new Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carroll County, Missouri
Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 8,495. Its county seat is Carrollton. The county was organized on January 2, 1833, from part of Ray County and named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.0%) is water. Adjacent counties * Livingston County (north) * Chariton County (east) * Saline County (southeast) * Lafayette County (southwest) * Ray County (west) * Caldwell County (northwest) Major highways * U.S. Route 24 * U.S. Route 65 * Route 10 * Route 139 Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 10,285 people, 4,169 households, and 2,880 families residing in the county. The population density was 15 people per square mile (6/km2). There were 4,897 housing units at an average density of 7 per square mile (3/km2). The racial m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawford County, Missouri
Crawford County is a County (United States), county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2010 United States Census, 2010 Census, the population was 24,696. Its county seat is Steelville, Missouri, Steelville. The county was organized in 1829 and is named after U.S. Senator William H. Crawford of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The section of Sullivan, Missouri, Sullivan which is located in Crawford County is included in the St. Louis, MO-Illinois, IL Greater St. Louis, Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1990, the mean center of U.S. population was located in southwestern Crawford County. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water. Adjacent counties *Franklin County, Missouri, Franklin County (north) *Washington County, Missouri, Washington County (east) *Iron County, Missouri, Iron County (southeast) *Dent County, Missouri, Dent County (south) *Phelps County, Missouri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grundy County, Missouri
Grundy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,808. Its county seat is Trenton. The county was organized January 2, 1841, from part of Livingston County, Missouri and named after U.S. Attorney General Felix Grundy. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.6%) is water. Adjacent counties * Mercer County (north) * Sullivan County (east) * Linn County (southeast) * Livingston County (south) * Daviess County (southwest) * Harrison County (northwest) Major highways * U.S. Route 65 * Route 6 * Route 146 * Route 190 Demographics As of the 2010 census, there were 10,261 people, 4,204 households, and 2,694 families residing in the county. The population density was 23.43 people per square mile (9/km2). There were 5,023 housing units at an average density of 11.47 per square mile (4.43/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 96.94% White, 0.57% Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldwell County, Missouri
Caldwell County is a County (United States), county located in Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the county's population was 9,424. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its county seat is Kingston, Missouri, Kingston. The county was organized December 29, 1836 and named by Alexander Doniphan to honor John Caldwell (Kentucky politician), John Caldwell, who participated in George Rogers Clark's Native American Campaign of 1786 and was the second Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. Caldwell County was originally established as a haven for Mormons, who had been driven from Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson County in November 1833 and had been refugees in adjacent Clay County, Missouri, Clay County since. The county was one of the principal settings of the Mormon War (1838), 1838 Missouri Mormon War, which led to the expulsion of all Latter Day Saint movement, Latter Day Saints from Missouri, following the issuance of an "Missouri Exec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer County, Missouri
Mercer County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,538. making it the second-least populous county in Missouri. Its county seat is Princeton. The county was organized February 14, 1845 and named for General John F. Mercer of the Revolutionary War. History Early years Mercer County was organized February 14, 1845, from part of Grundy County. It is named in honor of General Hugh Mercer, who fought and died in the American Revolutionary War. The first permanent settlements in what is now Mercer County were in 1837, when a few families from other parts of Missouri moved to the area. James Parsons, a Tennessee native, is generally considered to be the first permanent settler, in the spring of 1837. The land was still included as part of Livingston County at that time and would remain so until 1841 when it would become part of the newly created Grundy County. Prior to 1837, the land was used by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benton County, Missouri
Benton County is a county located in the west central part of the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 19,394 as of the 2020 Census. Its county seat is Warsaw. The county was organized January 3, 1835, and named for U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (6.4%) is water. Adjacent counties * Pettis County (north) * Morgan County (northeast) * Camden County (southeast) * Hickory County (south) * St. Clair County (southwest) * Henry County (west) Major highways * U.S. Route 65 * Route 7 * Route 83 * Route 82 * Route 52 Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 17,180 people, 7,420 households, and 5,179 families residing in the county. The population density was 24 people per square mile (9/km2). There were 12,691 housing units at an average density of 18 per square mile (7/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 97.96% White, 0.15% Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hickory County, Missouri
Hickory County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,279. Its county seat is Hermitage. The county was organized February 14, 1845, and named after President Andrew Jackson, whose nickname was "Old Hickory." The Pomme de Terre Dam, a Corps of Engineers facility, is located three miles south of Hermitage and forms Lake Pomme de Terre by damming the Pomme de Terre River and Lindley Creek. Truman Reservoir, also a Corps of Engineers facility, floods the Pomme de Terre Reservoir from the northern border of the county southward to the city limits of Hermitage. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.1%) is water. It is the fifth-smallest county in Missouri by area. Adjacent counties * Benton County (north) * Camden County (east) *Dallas County (southeast) *Polk County (south) * St. Clair County (west) Major highways * U.S. Route 54 * U.S. Route 65 * Route 64 * Route ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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