by Anthony Morabith | Jan 30, 2024 | History, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri says goodbye to its former First Lady, and the state’s first female U.S. Senator. Jean Carnahan has died at the age of 90 after a brief illness. She is the widow of Governor Mel Carnahan and was appointed to the U.S. Senate seat that he had posthumously won...
by admin | Aug 19, 2009 | Politics / Govt
State funeral services for former Gov. Warren Hearnes have concluded at the Capitol, with Gov. Nixon praising Hearnes as a governor who provided a steady hand during the stormy times of the 1960s. Hearnes served as Missouri governor from 1965 to 1973. He was the first...
by admin | Sep 18, 2006 | Politics / Govt
A five-mile stretch of Interstate 44 often traveled by the Carnahan family has been named the Mel Carnahan Memorial Highway in honor of the late Governor. Carnahan’s widow, Jean – a former U.S. Senator – says she remembers many trips in the family...
by admin | Mar 7, 2006 | Politics / Govt
U.S. Senator Jean Carnahan has been way from Capitol Hill in Washington for more than three years, but she’s still very much involved in politics. Carnahan now writes for the Fired Up! Missouri blog, promoting a progressive agenda. Carnahan somehow knew she...
by admin | Nov 1, 2005 | Politics / Govt
Former Senator Jean Carnahan has gotten a pacemaker. She expects to leave a St. Louis hospital today. The family has not said what prompted the procedure. She went into the hospital during the weekend and received the pacemaker yesterday morning. A family statement...
