1. Daniel Dunklin was the fifth Governor of Missouri, serving from 1832 to 1836.
16 Facts About Daniel Dunklin
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Daniel Dunklin was the father-in-law of Missouri Lieutenant Governor Franklin Cannon.
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Daniel Dunklin was born to Sarah Margaret and Joseph Dunklin Jr.
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In 1805 Daniel Dunklin's father purchased land in Caldwell County, Kentucky and intended to move his family there.
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The teenage Daniel Dunklin worked unsuccessfully at farming while he studied the writings of William Blackstone and others in hopes of a career as a lawyer.
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Daniel Dunklin was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives, where he served for a year.
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Daniel Dunklin then returned to his many business affairs in Potosi until 1828 when he was elected Missouri's third Lieutenant Governor.
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Daniel Dunklin hailed from the "Old guard" Jeffersonian school of politics.
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Calvin Gunn and John Steele were two editors that received contracts from Daniel Dunklin for printing legislative debates at the state capitol.
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Governor Daniel Dunklin laid the groundwork for the establishment of the University of Missouri when, in 1834, he recommended land sales to fund a state university and a site be chosen for its construction.
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Daniel Dunklin oversaw the construction of the Missouri State Penitentiary during his time in office and pushed for less corporal punishment in the state's penal system.
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One area of controversy during Daniel Dunklin's administration was the treatment of Mormon settlers in the state.
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However Daniel Dunklin suggested that the Mormons seek redress to their issues in the court system.
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Governor Daniel Dunklin resigned his position in the summer of 1836, having been granted a Federal appointment by President Andrew Jackson as Surveyor General for Missouri and Illinois.
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In 1840 Daniel Dunklin sold off all his property and business concerns in the Potosi area and moved to farmland near Herculaneum, Missouri.
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Governor Daniel Dunklin was buried in a field near his home.