Banton Gallitin Boone (October 23, 1838 - February 11, 1900) was a

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politician and lawyer from

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. He was Speaker of the

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from 1875 to 1877, and

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from 1885 to 1889. Boone was a descendant of

Daniel Boone Daniel Boone (September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the we ...

. He was born in

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and moved to Clinton in Henry County, where he became Deputy County Clerk in 1856. He was admitted to the bar in 1860. He fought for the Confederacy in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boone, Banton G. 1838 births 1900 deaths 19th-century American politicians Missouri Attorneys General Speakers of the Missouri House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives People from Callaway County, Missouri People from Clinton, Missouri Boone family (pioneers) Confederate States Army soldiers