In Missouri
In 1939, Missouri enacted legislation changing from a county court system to a "county commission" in which the county commission is composed of three elected commissioners.
US President Harry S. Truman, began his political career as a county judge in Missouri.
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Famous quotes containing the word missouri:
“I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“Then they seen it, the old Missouri River shinin’ in the moon and across it the lights of St. Louis.”
—Dudley Nichols (1895–1960)