The following is a list of people who were born in, have lived in, or are otherwise associated with American city of Sedalia, Missouri; 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.Sedalia OLD TIMERS in 1893 (Sedalia Bazoo, December 12, 1893)
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; through marriage, aunt to John, Lionel and Ethel BarrymoreAppears in a list of twenty-six of "Sedalia's Famous Sons" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 118. Jack Oakie, born Lewis Delaney Offield (1903–1978) – film, stage, radio, and television actor
Comedy
Will Franken – comedian, satirist and actor
Literature
Charles G. Finney – US Army veteran, novelist and author of The Circus of Dr. Lao among others, and copy editor of the Arizona Daily Star 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 authorPenguin Group (USA) Author Biography: June Rae Wood.
Music
Scott Hayden (1882–1915) – composer of ragtime music Scott Joplin (1868–1917) – musician and composer of ragtime music L. Viola Kinney (c.1890 – 1945) – composer, pianist, and music educatorWalker-Hill, Helen (1992). "Music by Black Women Composers at the AMRC". American Music Research Center Journal, Vol. 2, pp.32-33. University of Colorado. Retrieved 14 December 2017. Arthur Marshall (1881–1968) – composer and performer of ragtime music Etilmon Justus Stark (1868–1962) – ragtime composer and arranger John Stillwell Stark (1841–1927) – piano dealer; publisher of ragtime music; promoter of Scott Joplin Leroy Van Dyke (born 1929) – country music performer; wrote "The Auctioneer" and recorded "Walk on By"; recorded over 500 songs Gene Watts – trombonist and co-founder of Canadian Brass
Education
Winona Cargile Alexander (1893–1984) – founder, Delta Sigma Theta sorority; high-school teacher; social worker
Science and engineering
Daniel C. Jackling (1869–1956) – mining and metallurgical engineer; founder, Utah Copper Company; known as "the father of open-pit mining" Walter Rautenstrauch (1880–1951) – mechanical engineer; first chairman of Columbia University's Department of Industrial Engineering; adviser to the Mexican Government; co-founder of Committee on Technocracy (1932)
Historical figures
Clay Allison (1840–1887) – gunfighter, American Old West
Journalism
Charles Grandison Finney (1905–1984) – journalist; writer; part-time night club owner; author, The Circus of Dr. Lao, which was adapted as the film 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) Casper Salathiel Yost (1863–1941) – editor of St. Louis Globe-Democrat; founder of American Society of Newspaper Editors (1922)
Medicine
Walter Edward Dandy (1886–1946) – scientist and neurosurgeon
Military
United States Army
Richard D. Dean (1929–2016) – United States Army brigadier general and deputy director of the Army National Guard 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 four times, for valor displayed on four separate occasions, during 1918Full Text Citations For Award of The Distinguished Service Cross, World War I, To Members of the U.S. Army (N-P) The list of twenty-six of "Sedalia's Famous Sons" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 118 refers to him as "'Gatling Gun Parker', inventor of machine gun".
United States Air Force
James Phillip Fleming (born 1943) – United States Air Force pilot in the Vietnam War; awarded Medal of Honor for bravery George Allison Whiteman – first USAF airman killed in World War II; killed when attempting to get his plane off the ground at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; in 1955, Sedalia Air Force Base was renamed Whiteman Air Force Base in his honorSedalia Heroes Biography: George Whiteman
Politics and government
Heads of state and heads of government
Emmet Montgomery Reily (1866–1954) – journalist; politician; governor of Puerto Rico (1921–1923) Charles Emmett Yeater (1861–1943) – graduate of the University of Missouri; acting governor-general of the Philippines (March 5, 1921 – October 14, 1921)
Diplomats
John Flournoy Montgomery (1878–1954) – United States ambassador to Hungary (1933–1941)Notable Names Database: US Ambassador to Hungary (List).
Politicians
John Morgan Evans (1863–1946) – U.S. congressman (1913–1921; 1923–1933) Thomas Jefferson Halsey (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 (1897–1951) – lawyer; politician; U.S. congressman (1941–1943; 1945–1947; 1949–1951) George Graham Vest (1830–1904) – orator; lawyer; politician; at his death, the last living Confederate States senator; known for his "Eulogy on the Dog" Xenophon Pierce Wilfley (1871–1931) – teacher; lawyer; U.S. senator (1918); president, Missouri Bar Association (1925)
Judiciary
Henry Lamm (1846–1926) – lawyer; jurist; poet; associate and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri (1905–1916)Lawyers and Poetry: Henry Lamm (1846–1926) Missouri . John Finis Philips (1834–1919) – lawyer; politician; colonel 7th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry; president of Missouri Press Association (1891); US congressman; federal judge Donald J. Stohr (1934–2015) – United States District Court judge; born in SedaliaDonald J. Stohr-obituary
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.I. MacDonal Semuth, History of Pettis County Missouri, The Printery, 1882, Pages 496-500. (Full list of city officers who have served from those first appointed by charter through June 1882) The term of office for mayor was one year from 1864 to 1886, was two years from 1886 to 1938, and four- ears from 1938 to the present. City municipal elections are held in April.
The following have been mayors of Sedalia:
1864–1864 – George Rappeen Smith (R) (1804–1879): appointedCassity, M., " Smith, George Rappeen (1804–1879)", p. 702 in Christensen, L.O.(ed), Dictionary of Missouri Biography, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 1999. Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 119. 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 – John Finis Philips (R) (1834–1919) 1867–1868 – Henry Suess (1837–1906)Mardos Memorial Library Biography: Hon. Henry SuessAppears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 119. 1868–1869 – Bacon Montgomery (1840–1886) Archie Clement#Death Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 119. 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 (D) (1838–1922) 1873–1874 – R. T. Miller (D) (1831–1914) 1874–1875 – William H. H. Hill (D) (1840–1880)Missouri State Archives: Certificate of Election: (14/A/6/1, 2, 3, 1876: Certificates of Election: Judge of 6th Circuit Court (William H. H. Hill) Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 119. 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 – E. C. Evans (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 (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“Mayor S.K. Crawford Died Saturday Afternoon”, Sedalia Democrat, 30 June 1901 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)The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Potterton to Powel Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 119. 1930–1932 – Sidney B. Kennon (D) (1869–1938) 1932–1934 – Wilmer Steeples (R) (1891–1946)certificate of Wilmer Steeples Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 119. 1934–1935 – O. B. Poundstone (D) (1885–1971): resigned"Mayor Resigns as Charges Filed are Dismissed”, Sedalia Democrat, 25 June 1935 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"Mayor Studer Named FHA District Chief" Sedalia Democrat, 25 September 1953. 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)Ralph Harris Walker, Sedalia Democrat, 23 April 2009 1970–1976 – Jerry N. Jones (R) (1937–2011):Jerry N. Jones, Sedalia Democrat, 6 April 2011 resigned"Mayor to resign, move to Columbia" Sedalia Democrat. 23 April 1976. 1976–1982 – Allen L. Hawkins (R) 1982–1988 – Larry G. Foster (R): resigned"Mayor expected to resign at meeting tonight" Sedalia Democrat. 21 November 1988. 1989–1991 – Steven J. Dust (NP): resigned"Mayor Dust to resign office" Sedalia Democrat. 18 June 1991. 1991–2002 – Jane Gray (NP) 2002–2009 – Bob Wasson (NP) (1933–2009): died in officeRobert E. "Bob" Wasson, Sedalia Democrat, 24-25 April 2009 2009–2014 – Elaine Horn (NP) 2014–2018 – Stephen Galliher (NP) 2018–present – John Kehde (NP)
Sport
Baseball
Bill Brown (1947-), play-by-play broadcaster for Cincinnati Reds and Houston Astros Allen Conkwright (1896–1991) – fourth cousin of Oakland Raiders' coach Red Conkright; pitcher with the Detroit Tigers in the 1920 seasonBaseball Almanac: 1920 Detroit Tigers Roster. Bill Drake (1895–1977) – pitcher in various Negro league baseball teams (1914–1927) Al Orth (1872–1948) – pitcher who won 200 games while playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators and New York Highlanders (1895–1909) John Tillman "Bud" Thomas (1929–2015) – baseball player; infielder for the St. Louis Browns for the 1951 seasonBaseball Almanac: 1951 St. Louis Browns Roster. Clarence LeRoy "Roy" Vaughn (1911–1937) – baseball player; pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics for the 1934 seasonBaseball Almanac: 1934 Philadelphia Athletics Roster.
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)