John Marshall Krum (1810–1883) was the 11th
mayor
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of
St. Louis, Missouri
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and the first mayor of
Alton, Illinois
Alton ( ) is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 25,676 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the River Bend area in the Metro-East region of the ...
.
In 1860 he was the chairman of the Credentials Committee at the
Democratic National Convention
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held in
Charleston, S.C. and
Baltimore, Md.
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External links
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John M. Krumat the St. Louis Public Library: St. Louis Mayors website.
1810 births
1883 deaths
Mayors of St. Louis
19th-century American politicians
People from Hillsdale, New York
Missouri Democrats
Mayors of places in Illinois
People from Alton, Illinois
Illinois Democrats
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