Allen McReynolds

Allen McReynolds
Member of the Missouri Senate
from the 28th district
In office
elected 1934 – ?
Personal details
BornNovember 7, 1877
Carthage, Missouri
DiedSeptember 29, 1960
Carthage, Missouri[1]
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMaude Atwood Clark
Children2 (1 son, 1 daughter)
Alma materUniversity of Missouri

Allen McReynolds (November 7, 1877 - September 29, 1960[2]) was an American politician from Carthage, Missouri, who served in the Missouri Senate. He served in the Missouri National Guard. McReynolds was educated in Missouri public schools and at the University of Missouri.[3] In 1940, he ran for the Democratic nomination for governor of Missouri as a reformist opposed to the urban machines of Bernard F. Dickmann in St. Louis and Tom Pendergast in Kansas City.[4][5] His daughter Helen Elizabeth married George Rozier, a state senator from Jefferson City, Missouri.[1]

  1. ^ a b Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. 1999. p. 543.
  2. ^ "Findagrave.com: Allen McReynolds, Sr". Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  3. ^ Dwight H. Brown. Official Manual State of Missouri 1939-1940. Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri Secretary of State. p. 60.
  4. ^ Christensen, Lawrence O. (1999). Dictionary of Missouri Biography. University of Missouri Press. p. 543. ISBN 9780826260161.
  5. ^ Ferrell, Robert H. (1999). Truman and Pendergast. University of Missouri Press. pp. 123–126. ISBN 9780826260505.