Lewis V. Bogy

Lewis Vital Bogy


United States Senator from Missouri
In office March 4, 1873 – September 20, 1877
Preceded by	Francis P. Blair, Jr.
Succeeded by	David H. Armstrong
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
In office 1840-1841 1854-1855
Personal details
Born	(1813-04-09)April 9, 1813 Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Died	September 20, 1877(1877-09-20) (aged 64) St. Louis, Missouri
Political party	Democratic

Lewis Vital Bogy (April 9, 1813 – September 20, 1877) was a United States Senator from Missouri. Born in Ste. Geneviève, he attended the public schools, was employed as clerk in a mercantile establishment, studied law in Illinois, graduated from Transylvania University (Lexington, Kentucky in 1835 and commenced practice in St. Louis. He served in the Black Hawk War, was a member of the board of aldermen of St. Louis in 1838, and was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1840–1841 and 1854–1855. He was Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1867 and 1868 and president of the city council of St. Louis in 1872. Bogy was one of the founders of the St. Louis Iron Mountain Railway, acting as president for two years.

Bogy was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1873, until his death in St. Louis in 1877; he was buried at Calvary Cemetery section 1.^[1]

United States Senate
Preceded by Francis P. Blair, Jr.	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Missouri 1873–1877 Served alongside: Carl Schurz, Francis M. Cockrell	Succeeded by David H. Armstrong

United States Senators from Missouri

Class 1	Benton Geyer Polk Henderson Schurz Cockrell Warner Reed Patterson Truman Briggs Kem Symington Danforth Ashcroft Carnahan Talent McCaskill

Class 3	Barton Buckner Linn Atchison Green Johnson Wilson Brown Drake Jewett Blair Bogy Armstrong Shields Vest Stone Wilfley Spencer Williams Hawes Clark Donnell Hennings Long Eagleton Bond Blunt

Notes

Lewis V. Bogy at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

References

↑ Historical Tour Outline of Calvary Cemetery (brochure)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 43871471 LCCN: no93022876 US Congress: B000595

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