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Lewis Vital Bogy (April 9, 1813September 20, 1877) was a United States senator from Missouri. Born in Ste. Geneviève, he attended the public schools, was employed as clerk in a mercantile establishment, studied law in Illinois, graduated from Transylvania University (
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in 1835 and commenced practice in St. Louis. He served in the
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, was a member of the board of aldermen of St. Louis in 1838, and was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1840–1841 and 1854–1855. He was
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in 1866 and 1867, and president of the city council of St. Louis in 1872. Bogy was one of the founders of the St. Louis Iron Mountain Railway, acting as president for two years. Bogy was elected as a
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to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1873, until his death in St. Louis in 1877; he was buried at Calvary Cemetery section 1.Historical Tour Outline of Calvary Cemetery (brochure)


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bogy, Lewis 1813 births 1877 deaths American people of Acadian descent Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives Democratic Party United States senators from Missouri Transylvania University alumni Burials at Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis) 19th-century American politicians