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Tom Pendergast  

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  • ONE OF MISSOURI'S most powerful politicians during the first decades of the 20th century, Thomas Joseph “Boss Tom” Pendergast helped launch the political career of future president Harry S. Truman, but ultimately went to prison for corruption. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Pendergast, Tom]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-N46PRP1C-J

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