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 The Supreme Court of Missouri. for the Western District of Missouri; Sam uel L. Sawyer, afterward a circuit judge and a member of Congress; Nathaniel W. Watkins, a prominent lawyer and a halfbrother of Henry Clay; J. Proctor Knott, afterward for many years a Kentucky mem ber of Congress, and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and more recently Gov ernor of the Blue-grass State; Thomas T. | Gantt, afterward presiding justice of the

St. Louis Court of Ap peals; Uriel Wright, the leading criminal lawyer of his day; James H. Birch, who has been already no ticed; Elijah H. Nor ton, afterward a mem ber of Congress, and for twelve years aj udge of the Supreme Court; Robert D. Ray, judge of the Supreme Court, 1881-1891; James O Broadhead, first pres ident of the American Bar Association and also more recently of the National Bar As sociation; Henry Hitchcock, whose ex haustive address de JOHN W. livered as the Presi dent of the American Bar Association at Saratoga, August 20, 1890, will ever be remembered; and Charles D. Drake, afterward United States Senator and Chief-Justice of the Federal Court of Claims. That a body containing such men should intuitively and with practical una nimity, have turned to Judge Gamble to as sume the gubernatorial chair, was as great a tribute as could have been paid to living man. He accepted it, and discharged every function with so broad a statesmanship and so great an ability, many times in the face of hostile criticism from contending factions,

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that his name and administration have earned a bright page in our national history. He enjoyed the full confidence and hearty co operation of President Lincoln. Lieut.-Gov. Willard P. Hall loyally assisted him, and to him is due a generous share of praise. Gov ernor Gamble succumbed to the tremendous strain, and died Jan. 31, 1864. Governor Hall succeeded him, and acted as governor until January, 1865. Abiel Leonard. Were the question who was the greatest and most interesting man that ever stood intheranksof thelegal profession of Missouri submitted for decision, the living members of that profession would doubtless ratify the views expressed by those who were his contemporaries, and award the palm to Abiel Leonard. Gen eral Stringfellow, him self a great lawyer, has recorded the general estimate, that Judge Leonard was a man of "commanding intel HENRY. lect, profound learn ing, spotless integrity, unpretending generosities and kindness, and unflinching courage, moral and physical; in a word, he was the ablest lawyer I have known." And when his life from the morn ing of childhood to the night when death claimed him is considered, a record is pre sented that challenges the admiration of all mankind. He was of sturdy Puritan stock. His grandfather was a chaplain in the Continental Army, and his father an offi cer of the War of 1812. His mother was a granddaughter of Gen. Nathanael Greene of Revolutionary War fame. The history of