The following is a list of people who were born in, have lived in, or are otherwise associated with American city of

Sedalia, Missouri Sedalia is a city located approximately south of the Missouri River and, as the county seat of Pettis County, Missouri, Pettis County, Missouri, United States, it is the principal city of the Sedalia Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 ...

; they are known as Sedalians. In addition to what follows, a list of more than fifty Sedalia "Old Timers", who had met at the Sedalia Courthouse on the previous evening, was published in the December 12, 1893, issue of the ''Sedalia Bazoo''; the list indicated when they had arrived in Sedalia, and from whence they had come.

Arts

Acting

* Dorothy Dwan (1906–1981) – film actress * Lucille McVey (1890–1925) – film screenwriter and silent film actress; married to Sidney Drew in 1914; often credited under married name of

Mrs. Sidney Drew Lucille McVey (April 18, 1890 – November 3, 1925) also known as Mrs Sidney Drew, was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actress. In the early 1900s, she was part with her husband Sidney Drew of the famous comedy duo Mr. a ...

; through marriage, aunt to

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

, Lionel and

Ethel Barrymore Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and was regarde ...

Appears in a list of twenty-six of "Sedalia's Famous Sons" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 118. *

Jack Oakie Jack Oakie (born Lewis Delaney Offield; November 12, 1903 – January 23, 1978) was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television. He portrayed Napaloni in Chaplin's ''The Great Dictator'' (1940) ...

, born Lewis Delaney Offield (1903–1978) – film, stage, radio, and television actor

Comedy

Literature

* Charles G. Finney – US Army veteran, novelist and author of ''

The Circus of Dr. Lao ''The Circus of Dr. Lao'' (1935) is a novel written by the American newspaperman and writer Charles G. Finney. It won one of the List of winners of the National Book Award#1935 to 1941, inaugural National Book Awards: The Most Original Book of 19 ...

'' among others, and copy editor of the

Arizona Daily Star The ''Arizona Daily Star'' is an American daily newspaper based in Tucson, Arizona, and owned by Lee Enterprises. It serves Tucson and surrounding districts of Southern Arizona in the United States. History 1877–1925 L. C. Hughes was the ...

. * Joel Townsley Rogers (1896–1984) – short-story writer; mystery novelist (''The Red Right Hand'') * June Rae Wood (born 1946) – children's and young adult's author

Music

Scott Hayden Scott Hayden (March 31, 1882 — September 16, 1915) was an American composer of ragtime music. Life Born in Sedalia, Missouri, he was the son of Marion and Julia Hayden. Hayden is remembered today for the four rags he composed in collabor ...

(1882–1915) – composer of

ragtime Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that had its peak from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its Syncopation, syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers ...

music *

Scott Joplin Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist. Dubbed the "King of Ragtime", he composed more than 40 ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first and most popular pieces, the ...

(1868–1917) – musician and composer of

music * L. Viola Kinney (c.1890 – 1945) – composer, pianist, and music educator * Arthur Marshall (1881–1968) – composer and performer of

music * Etilmon Justus Stark (1868–1962) –

composer and arranger *

John Stillwell Stark John Stillwell Stark (April 11, 1841October 21, 1927) was an American publisher of ragtime music, best known for publishing and promoting the music of Scott Joplin. Early life and education Stark was the eleventh of 12 children born to Adin S ...

(1841–1927) – piano dealer; publisher of

music; promoter of

Leroy Van Dyke Leroy Frank Van Dyke (born October 4, 1929) is an American country music and honky-tonk singer and guitarist, best known for his hits " The Auctioneer" (1956) and " Walk on By" (1961). Biography Van Dyke was born in Mora, Missouri and graduat ...

(born 1929) – country music performer; wrote "The Auctioneer" and recorded "Walk on By"; recorded over 500 songs *

Gene Watts Eugene "Gene" Watts is an American-Canadian trombonist and a founding member of the Canadian Brass, a brass quintet based in Canada. Early life and education Watts was born and raised in Sedalia, Missouri, and studied at the University of M ...

, trombonist and co-founder of

Canadian Brass The Canadian Brass is a Canadian brass quintet formed in 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, by Charles Daellenbach (tuba) and Gene Watts (trombone), with horn player Graeme Page and trumpeters Stuart Laughton and Bill Phillips completing the quintet ...

Education

Winona Cargile Alexander Winona Cargile Alexander (June 21, 1893 – October 16, 1984) was a founder of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, Incorporated at Howard University on January 13, 1913. It was the second sorority founded by African-American women and was influential in ...

(1893–1984) – founder,

Delta Sigma Theta Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. () is a List of African-American fraternities, historically African American Fraternities and sororities, sorority. The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emp ...

sorority; high-school teacher; social worker

Science and engineering

* Daniel C. Jackling (1869–1956) – mining and metallurgical engineer; founder,

Utah Copper Company Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the ...

; known as "the father of

open-pit mining Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique that extracts rock (geology), rock or minerals from the earth. Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially ...

" *

Walter Rautenstrauch Walter Rautenstrauch (1880–1951) was an American mechanical and consulting engineer, and Professor at Columbia University's Department of Industrial Engineering in the 1930s. He coined the term break-even point, and developing the break-even ch ...

(1880–1951) – mechanical engineer; first chairman of

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

's Department of Industrial Engineering; adviser to the Mexican Government; co-founder of Committee on Technocracy (1932)

Historical figures

Clay Allison Robert A. Clay Allison, also known as Clay Allison (September 2, 1841 – July 1, 1887) was a cattle rancher, cattle broker, and sometimes gunfighter of the American Old West. He fought for the Confederate States of America, Confederacy in the ...

(1840–1887) – gunfighter,

American Old West The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that bega ...

Journalism

* Benjamin “BenFred” F. Frederickson (1985– ), reporter, hayseed hack * Raymond Peter Brandt (1896–1974) –

Rhodes Scholar The Rhodes Scholarship is an international Postgraduate education, postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom. The scholarship is open to people from all backgrounds around the world. Esta ...

; O.I.C. Office of Finances,

American Relief Administration American Relief Administration (ARA) was an American Humanitarian aid, relief mission to Europe and later Russian Civil War, post-revolutionary Russia after World War I. Herbert Hoover, future president of the United States, was the program dire ...

, Vienna, Austria, 1920; District Supervisor, American Relief Administration, Vitebsk, Russia, (1922–1923); reporter,

St. Louis Post-Dispatch The ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' is a regional newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri, serving the St. Louis metropolitan area. It is the largest daily newspaper in the metropolitan area by circulation, surpassing the '' Belleville News-Democra ...

(1917–1919), and Washington, D.C. correspondent for the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' (1923–1967) * Elizabeth Williams Cosgrove (1878–1975), journalist; writer; poet * Elizabeth Jane Dugan (?1848–1911) – also known as "Rosa Pearle"; poet; journalist (started with the ''Sedalia Bazoo''; founder and editor of the Saturday-evening society weekly ''Rosa Pearle's Paper'' (1894–1911) * Mary Frances "Murry" Engle (1930–2005) – journalist, ''Sedalia Democrat'' (1950–1966), ''Boeing News'' and ''Boeing Magazine'' (1967–1970); ''

Honolulu Star-Bulletin The ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'' was a daily newspaper based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. At the time publication ceased on June 6, 2010, it was the second largest daily newspaper in the state of Hawaii (after the ''Honol ...

'' (1970–1993) *

Charles Grandison Finney Charles Grandison Finney (August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875) was a controversial American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States. He has been called the "Father of Old Christian revival, Revivalism ...

(1905–1984) – journalist; writer; part-time night club owner; author, ''

'', which adapted as the film '' 7 Faces of Dr. Lao'' (1964) * Hazel Norinne Lang (1903–1996) – journalist, reporter and feature writer with the ''Sedalia Democrat'' (1925–1970); poet; historian (author of ''Only Human; Poems of Everyday Life'', Exposition Press, (New York), 1955, and the 1,112-page ''Life in Pettis County, 1815–1873'', published in Sedalia, in 1975) * Casper Salathiel Yost (1863–1941) – editor of ''

St. Louis Globe-Democrat The ''St. Louis Globe-Democrat'' was a daily print newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1852 until 1986. The paper began operations on July 1, 1852, as ''The Daily Missouri Democrat'', changing its name to ''The Missouri Democrat'' in 18 ...

''; founder of

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(1922)

Medicine

* Walter Edward Dandy (1886–1946) – scientist and neurosurgeon * Willis P. King – president,

Missouri State Medical Association Missouri (''see pronunciation'') is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas, a ...

(1881)Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 41. * Thomas J. Montgomery – vice-president, Missouri State Medical Association (1874) * John W. Trader – president, Missouri State Medical Association (1876)

Military

United States Army

Richard D. Dean Richard Daniel Dean (May 27, 1929 – April 8, 2016) was a United States Army brigadier general who served as deputy director of the Army National Guard. Early life Richard Daniel Dean was born in Sedalia, Missouri, on May 27, 1929. Dean join ...

(1929–2016) –

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Brigadier General and Deputy Director of the

Army National Guard The Army National Guard (ARNG) is an organized Militia (United States), militia force and a Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces, federal military reserve force of the United States Army. It is simultaneously part of two differen ...

* Rufus Estes Longan (1879–1936) – Brigadier General, United States Army * John C. McLaughlin (1903–1967) – Major General, United States Army, 35th Infantry Division * John Henry Parker – Brigadier General, United States Army; West Point Graduate; war hero; first to recognize the tactical advantages of machine guns to continuously support advancing infantry and protect artillery trains (carriages pulled by draft animals); awarded the

Distinguished Service Cross The Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.) is a military decoration for courage. Different versions exist for different countries. *Distinguished Service Cross (Australia) *Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) *Distinguished Service Cross (U ...

four times, for valor displayed on four separate occasions, during 1918 * Edgar Frank Thelen (born 1906) –

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...

graduate; associate of

Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt that year. Subsequen ...

in the

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(1930–1940); US Army officer (1942–1961); staff member, University of Missouri *

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(1900–1994) – Colonel United States Army; professional soldier;

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graduate (1924); served in both World War I and World War II

United States Air Force

* James Phillip Fleming (born 1943) –

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pilot in the

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...

; awarded

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces, military decoration and is awarded to recognize American United States Army, soldiers, United States Navy, sailors, Un ...

for bravery * Arthur G. Salisbury (1916–2005) – Major General, USAF * George Allison Whiteman – first

USAF The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...

airman killed in World War II; killed when attempting to get his plane off the ground at

Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Reci ...

on December 7, 1941; in 1955, Sedalia Air Force Base was renamed

Whiteman Air Force Base Whiteman Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located just south of Knob Noster, Missouri, Knob Noster, Missouri, United States. The base is the current home of the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, B-2 Spirit bomber. It is named for Geor ...

in his honor

Other

William Gentry Major General Sir William George Gentry, (20 February 1899 – 13 October 1991) was a professional soldier in the New Zealand Military Forces who served during the Second World War. He was Chief of the General Staff of the New Zealand Military ...

(1818–1890) – Major in the

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; livestock farmer; railroad executive; candidate for Governor (1874)

Politics and government

Heads of state and heads of government

Emmet Montgomery Reily Emmet Montgomery Reily (October 21, 1866 – October 31, 1954), sometimes E. Mont Reily was a Texas and, later, Missouri politician who served a number of local offices, especially in Fort Worth and Kansas City. He was active in the Republican P ...

(1866–1954) – journalist; politician;

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(1921–1923) * Charles Emmett Yeater (1861–1943) – graduate of the

; acting

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(March 5, 1921 – October 14, 1921)

Diplomats

John Flournoy Montgomery John Flournoy Montgomery was an American businessman and diplomat. His sole diplomatic posting was as U.S. Minister to Hungary, between 1933 and 1941. This ambassadorial assignment placed Montgomery at the center of the seething intrigue and gat ...

(1878–1954) –

United States Ambassador to Hungary This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Hungary. Until 1867 Hungary had been part of the Austrian Empire, when the empire became Austria-Hungary. Hungary had no separate diplomatic relations with other nations. The United States h ...

(1933–1941)

Politicians

* John Homer Bothwell (1849–1929) – lawyer; politician; member of the 35th and 38th General Assemblies of the Missouri legislature (1889 and 1895) *

John Morgan Evans John Morgan Evans (September 26, 1942 – December 27, 1991) was an American actor, playwright, and casting director. Career His play, ''Daughters'', about five female members of a New York Italian-American family, was staged off-Broadway in 198 ...

(1863–1946) – U.S. Congressman (1913–1921; 1923–1933) *

Thomas Jefferson Halsey Thomas Jefferson Halsey (May 4, 1863 – March 17, 1951) was a Republican Representative representing Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931. Halsey was born in Dover, Morris County, New Jersey. His family m ...

(1863–1951) – teacher; businessman; U.S. Congressman (1929–1931) * Judith K. Moriarty (born 1942) – politician; Missouri Secretary of State (1993–1994) * John William Palmer (1866–1958) – physician; lawyer; U.S. Congressman (1929–1931) *

John Berchmans Sullivan John Berchmans Sullivan (October 10, 1897 – January 29, 1951) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. He was a Democrat. He was married to Leonor Kretzer Sullivan. Sullivan was born in Sedalia and moved to ...

(1897–1951) – lawyer; politician; U.S. Congressman (1941–1943; 1945–1947; 1949–1951) *

George Graham Vest George Graham Vest (December 6, 1830August 9, 1904) was an American politician. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, he was known for his skills in oration and debate. Vest, a lawyer as well as a politician, served as a Missouri Congressman, a Confede ...

(1830–1904) – orator; lawyer; politician; at his death, the last living

Confederate States Senator The Confederate Senate was the upper house of the Confederate States Congress, Congress of the Confederate States of America. Its members were, like those of the United States Senate, elected for six year terms by the state legislature of each sta ...

; known for his " Eulogy on the Dog" * Xenophon Pierce Wilfley (1871–1931) – teacher; lawyer; U.S. Senator (1918); president,

Missouri Bar Association The Missouri Bar is the official bar association for all Missouri lawyers and judges. Every licensed Missouri lawyer is automatically a member of The Missouri Bar. Every applicant for admission to the bar must meet a list of requirements set by t ...

(1925)

Judiciary

Walter Henry Bohling Walter may refer to: People and fictional characters * Walter (name), including a list of people and fictional and mythical characters with the given name or surname * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–19 ...

(1888–1968) – Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Missouri (1934–1963) * Henry Lamm (1846–1926) – lawyer; jurist; poet; Associate and Chief Justice of the

Supreme Court of Missouri The Supreme Court of Missouri (SCOMO) is the highest court in the state of Missouri. It was established in 1820 and is located at 207 West High Street in Jefferson City, Missouri. Missouri voters have approved changes in the state's constituti ...

(1905–1916) * Hazel Palmer – first female assistant prosecuting attorney in Sedalia, the first female county collector, and the first female magistrate judge of Pettis County; unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1958; president, National Federation of Business and Professional Women (1956–1958) *

John Finis Philips John Finis Philips (December 31, 1834 – March 13, 1919) was a United States representative from Missouri and a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. ...

(1834–1919) – lawyer; politician; colonel 7th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry; president, Missouri Press Association (1891); US Congressman; federal judge * Donald J. Stohr (1934–2015) – United States District Court judge; was born in Sedalia.

Mayors of Sedalia

On February 15, 1864, the Missouri General Assembly passed a bill granting Sedalia a city charter. The charter appointed the first city officers who served until elections were held in April 1864. The term of office for Mayor was one-year from 1864 to 1886; was two-years from 1886 to 1938; and four-years from 1938 until present. City municipal elections are held in April. The following have been mayors of Sedalia: * 1864-1864 –

George Rappeen Smith George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Gior ...

(R) (1804–1879) appointed * 1864-1865 - James G. Tesch (R) (1831-1896) * 1865-1865 - E. W. Washburn (R) (1814-1899) resignedAppears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 119. * 1865-1866 - F. L. Parker (R) (1834-1881) * 1866-1867 -

(R) (1834–1919) * 1867-1868 - Henry Suess (1837–1906) * 1868-1869 - Bacon Montgomery (1840–1886) * 1869-1870 - Albert Parker (1827-1895) * 1870-1871 - William P. Jackson (1830-1891) * 1871-1872 - Thomas J. Montgomery (D) (1812-1877) * 1872-1873 -

George W. Cummings George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Gior ...

(D) (1838-1922) * 1873-1874 - R. T. Miller (D) (1831-1914) * 1874-1875 - William H. H. Hill (D) (1840-1880) * 1875-1876 - Norman Maltby](D) (1841–1876) * 1876-1877 - David Blocher (D) (1838-1906) * 1877-1878 - Logan Clark (D) (1820-1882) * 1878–1880 – George L. Faulhaber (R) (1838–1926) * 1880-1881 -

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(D) (1828-1902) * 1881-1882 - Frank Craycroft (D) (1841-1911) * 1882–1884 – Charles E. Messerly (R) (1851-1938) * 1884–1886 – John B. Rickman (D) (1840-1915) * 1886–1888 – E. W. Stevens (D) (1846-1905) * 1888–1890 –

John D. Crawford John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Ep ...

(R) (1838-1908) * 1890–1894 – E. W. Stevens (D) (1846-1905) * 1894–1898 – Pleasant Dawson Hastain (R) (1853-1912) * 1898–1900 – W. C. Overstreet (D) (1857-1916) * 1900–1901 – Samuel K. Crawford (R) (1838-1901) died in office * 1901–1906 – J. L. Babcock (R) (1861–1930) * 1906–1908 – John A. Collins (I)(1834-1924) * 1908–1910 – J. L. Babcock (R) (1861-1930) * 1910–1912 – J. W. Mellor (D) (1860-1930) * 1912–1914 – F. L. Ludemann (D) (1864-1941) * 1914–1918 – J. L. Babcock (R) (1861-1930) * 1918–1920 – A. L. Baumgartner (R) (1860-1933) * 1920–1924 – Frank F. Hatton (D) (1866-1925) * 1924–1928 – J. L. Babcock (R) (1861-1930) * 1928–1930 – O. B. Poundstone (D) (1885-1971) * 1930–1932 – Sidney B. Kennon (D) (1869-1938) * 1932–1934 – Wilmer Steeples (R)(1891–1946) * 1934–1935 – O. B. Poundstone (D) (1885-1971) resigned * 1935–1942 – Julian H. Bagby (D) (1899–1990) * 1942–1946 – Alonzo H. Wilks (R) (1876-1966) * 1946–1950 – Julian H. Bagby (D) (1899–1990) * 1950–1953 – Herbert E. Studer (R) (1918-1958) resigned * 1954–1958 – Julian H. Bagby (D) 1899–1990) * 1958–1962 – Abe Silverman (I) (1917-1999) * 1962-1966 - L. L. Studer (R) (1888-1967) * 1966-1970 - Ralph H. Walker (R) (1932-2009) * 1970–1976 – Jerry N. Jones (R) (1937-2011) resigned * 1976–1982 – Allen L. Hawkins (R) * 1982–1988 – Larry G. Foster (R) resigned * 1989–1991 –

Steven J. Dust Stephen or Steven is an English given name, first name. It is particularly significant to Christianity, Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is w ...

(NP) resigned * 1991–2002 – Jane Gray (NP) * 2002–2009 – Bob Wasson (NP) (1933–2009) died in office * 2009–2014 – Elaine Horn (NP) * 2014-2018 - Stephen Galliher (NP) * 2018–Present - John Kehde (NP)

Sport

Baseball

* Allen Conkwright (1896–1991) – fourth cousin of

Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team based in Oakland, California, from its founding in 1960 to 1981, and again from 1995 to 2019 before Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas, relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan ...

' coach

Red Conkright William Franklin Conkright (April 17, 1914 – October 27, 1980), known more commonly by the nickname "Red", was an American football center and end who played eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and was later the head coach of ...

; pitcher with the

Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. One of the AL's eight chart ...

in the 1920 season *

Bill Drake Bill Drake (January 14, 1937 – November 29, 2008), born Philip Yarbrough, was an American radio programmer who co-developed the Boss Radio format with Gene Chenault via their company Drake-Chenault.Douglas, Susan, ''Listening In: Radio and ...

(1895–1977) – pitcher in various

Negro league baseball The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relativel ...

teams (1914–1927) *

Al Orth Albert Lewis Orth (September 5, 1872 – October 8, 1948) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He later served as a major league umpire and college baseball coach. Early life Orth was born in Sedalia, Missouri and atte ...

(1872–1948) – pitcher who won 200 games while playing for the

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has ...

, Washington Senators and

New York Highlanders The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. They are one ...

(1895-1909) * John Tillman "Bud" Thomas (1929–2015) –

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

er;

infielder An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field, between first base and third base. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns pla ...

for the

St. Louis Browns The St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that originated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Milwaukee Brewers. A charter member of the American League (AL), the Brewers moved to St. Louis, Missouri, after the 1901 season, where they ...

for the 1951 season * Clarence LeRoy "Roy" Vaughn (1911–1937) –

er;

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for the

Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, they became the Oakland ...

for the 1934 season

Basketball

* Kim Anderson (born 1955) – basketball player and coach

Football

* Douglas Claydon Van Horn (born 1944) – football offensive lineman in the National Football League (1966–1979) *

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- Kicker in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints

Wrestling

* Douglas A. "Ox" Baker (1934–2014) – professional wrestler

Miscellaneous

Physical Culture

* Bernard Adolphus McFadden (later Macfadden) (1868–1955) – promoter of physical culture; advocate of fasting

Business

* E. Virgil Neal (1868–1949) – manufacturer, entrepreneur* Conroy, M.S. (2006), ''The Soviet Pharmaceutical Business During the First Two Decades (1917-1937)'', New York, NY: Peter Lang. ; Conroy, M.S. (2014), ''The Cosmetics Baron You’ve Never Heard Of: E. Virgil Neal and Tokalon (Third Edition)'', Englewood, CO: Altus History LLC. ; Yeates, Lindsay B. (2016)
"Émile Coué and his ''Method'' (I): The Chemist of Thought and Human Action"
''Australian Journal of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Hypnosis'', Volume 38, No.1, (Autumn 2016), pp. 3–27; "E. Virgil Neal Passes Away at Geneva on June 30", ''The Sedalia Democrat'', (July 3, 1949), p.7.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.cityofsedalia.com/, City of Sedalia official website
Sedalia Convention and Visitors Bureau

Sedalia Chamber of Commerce

Sedalia Democrat
a daily newspaper

Sedalia *