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Hamilton Rowan Gamble

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Gender Male
Death159 years ago
Date of birth November 29,1798
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Winchester
Virginia
United States
Date of died January 31,1864
DiedMissouri
United States
Governor Frederick Bates
Frederick Bates; Abraham J. Williams
Party Republican Party
Resting place Bellefontaine Cemetery
Education Hampden-Sydney College
Previous positionGovernor of Missouri (1861–1864)
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Hamilton Rowan Gamble Life story


Hamilton Rowan Gamble was an American jurist and politician who served as the Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court at the time of the Dred Scott case in 1852. Although his colleagues voted to overturn the 28-year precedent in Missouri of "once free always free," Gamble wrote a dissenting opinion.

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