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David Henry Hickman was a businessman, educator, and legislator from Columbia, Missouri, United States. He was a member of the
Missouri General Assembly The Missouri General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bicameral General Assembly is composed of a 34-member Senate and a 163-member House of Representatives. Members of both houses of the General Assembly are ...
from 1838 to 1842 and helped compose legislation requiring the state to support public 'common schools' with at least twenty-five percent of the state's revenue. He was also instrumental in the founding and development of Stephens College and served as a curator of the
University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in ...
. David H. Hickman High School was built on his country estate in 1927 and named after him. He is buried in the Columbia Cemetery.


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University of Missouri curators Politicians from Columbia, Missouri People from Bourbon County, Kentucky Stephens College people 1821 births 1869 deaths Businesspeople from Columbia, Missouri Burials at Columbia Cemetery (Columbia, Missouri) 19th-century American businesspeople {{Missouri-politician-stub