Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area,it borders Iowa to the north,Illinois,Kentucky and Tennessee to the east,Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma,Kansas,and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks,a forested highland,providing timber,minerals,and recreation. The Missouri River,after which the state is named,flows through the center and into the Mississippi River,which makes up the eastern border. With over six million residents,it is the 18th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis,Kansas City,Springfield,and Columbia;the capital is Jefferson City.
Ferguson is a city in St. Louis County,Missouri,United States. It is part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. Per the 2020 census,the population was 18,527,and predominantly black.
Kinloch is a city in St. Louis County,Missouri. The population was 263 as of the 2020 census.
St. Charles County is in the central eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census,the population was 405,262,making it Missouri's third-most populous county. Its county seat is St. Charles. The county was organized October 1,1812,and named for Saint Charles Borromeo,an Italian cardinal.
William Lacy Clay Jr. is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative from Missouri's 1st congressional district from 2001 to 2021. His congressional career ended after he lost in a Democratic primary to Cori Bush in 2020,after successfully defeating her in the 2018 primary.
Clarence Harmon was the 44th Mayor of St. Louis,and the city's second African-American mayor.
Jeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 55th governor of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he was first elected to the governorship in 2008 and reelected in 2012. Prior to his tenure as Missouri Governor,he served as the 40th Missouri Attorney General from 1993 to 2009. After leaving public office he joined the Dowd Bennett law firm in St. Louis. As of early 2024,he is the most recent Democrat to serve as the governor of Missouri.
Peter Dickson Kinder is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri from 2005 to 2017. He was appointed as a co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority in August 2017,serving in that post until he resigned in June 2018.
Maria Nicole Chappelle-Nadal is an American politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives from the 86th district from 2019 to 2021. A Democrat from University City,Missouri,she represented district 14 in the Missouri Senate from 2011 to 2019. She previously served in the Missouri House of Representatives from district 72,a position which she held from 2005 to 2011. In 2010,Chappelle-Nadal was elected to the Missouri Senate to succeed fellow Democrat Rita Heard Days of St. Louis.
Theodore Hoskins,also referred to as Ted Hoskins,is an American politician with the Democratic Party. He was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives and has been mayor of Berkeley,Missouri since his election in 2012. Hoskins was born in St. Louis,Missouri,and raised in Berkeley,Missouri. He served in the United States Air Force from 1956 to 1961,and left with an honorable discharge. He received education in business administration at Florissant Valley Community College,where he obtained an associate's degree,and at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is married with three children,and resides in Berkeley,Missouri. Hoskins has worked in a financial capacity with Bi-State Development Agency,and is owner and CEO of T &L Automated Accounting Services.
Daniel Isom was appointed St. Louis' 33rd Police Commissioner on October 6,2008,and was St. Louis' third African-American police chief.
Jeffrey Roorda is an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives,serving from 2005 to 2010 and again from 2013 to 2015. Roorda ran for the Missouri Senate in District 22 in 2014,but he was defeated by Paul Wieland,a Republican from Imperial. A former police officer,he is also the executive director and business manager of the St. Louis Police Officers Association (SLPOA). SLPOA is Lodge #68 of the Fraternal Order of Police,covering the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD).
On August 9,2014,18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson,Missouri,a suburb of St. Louis.
The Ferguson unrest was a series of protests and riots which began in Ferguson,Missouri on August 10,2014,the day after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by FPD officer Darren Wilson. The unrest sparked a vigorous debate in the United States about the relationship between law enforcement officers and Black Americans,the militarization of police,and the use-of-force law in Missouri and nationwide. Continuing activism expanded the issues by including modern-day debtors prisons,for-profit policing,and school segregation.
The 2016 Missouri State Treasurer election was held on November 8,2016,to elect the State Treasurer of Missouri,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Courtney Allen Curtis was an American politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. He represented the 73rd District,which includes such north St. Louis County municipalities as Ferguson,Berkeley,Kinloch,Woodson Terrace,St. Ann,Cool Valley,Hazelwood,Normandy,Bridgeton,and Edmundson.
John Collins-Muhammad,Jr.,known by his initials,JCM,is an American politician and Muslim minister from the state of Missouri. He served on the Board of Alderman of the City of St. Louis representing the 21st Ward where he represented the northside. Collins-Muhammad was elected to his first term in April 2017 at the age of 25,which makes him the youngest person ever to be elected alderman in St. Louis,and the first Muslim ever elected to that position. He was re-elected in April 2021 garnishing nearly 63% of the vote in his ward. He resigned in May 2022. He led protests during the 2014 Ferguson Uprising and is a prominent figure in the Nation of Islam. Although he was a member of the Democratic Party,he was a frequent critic of the party.
Ella Jones is an American chromatographer,pastor,and politician who serves as the 12th mayor of Ferguson,Missouri. A former member of the Ferguson City Council,Jones is the first African-American and woman elected mayor of the city.
Rasheen Aldridge Jr. is an American politician,currently serving in the St. Louis Board of Alderpersons in the 14th ward. He previously served in the Missouri House of Representatives as State Representative for the 78th District of St. Louis,Missouri.
