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Doniphan, Alexander William, 1808-1887


  • [Alexander William Doniphan (July 9, 1908-August 8, 1887) was a 19th-century American attorney, soldier and politician from Missouri who is best know today as the man who prevented the summary execution of Mormon founder Joseph Smith, Jr. at the close of the 1838 Mormon War. He also achieved renown as a leader of American troops during the Mexican-American War, as author of a legal code that still forms the basis of New Mexico's Bill of Rights, and as a successful defense attorney in the Missouri towns of Liberty, Richmond and Independence.]

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    • Doniphan, Alexander William
    • Doniphan, A. W., 1808-1887
    • Doniphan, Will, , 1808-1887

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        • Doniphan, Alexander William

      • Sources

        • found: Data from Social Studies School Service for Alexander William Doniphan [VR] 1983, c1965 (subj.)(Alexander William Doniphan, Alexander Doniphan; lawyer, general)
        • found: Dawson, J.G. Doniphan's epic march, 1999:CIP galleys (Alexander William Doniphan; died in Richmond, Aug. 8, 1887)
        • found: Wikipedia, website viewed 19 September 2013(Alexander William Doniphan; born July 9, 1808, Mason County, Kentucky; died August 8, 1887, Richmond Missouri; lawyer; soldier; graduated from Augusta College in 1824 and admitted to the bar in 1830; began law practice in Lexington, Missouri, but soon moved to Liberty; Lawyer in Independence, Missouri; Missouri state legislator, 1836, 1840, and 1854; friend of the Mormons; colonel of the 1st Regiment of Missouri Mounted Volunteers in the Mexican-American War; reopened law office in Richmond, Missouri after the war)
        • found: Nauvoo journal, 1998:vol. 10, no. 2, page 3 (A.W. Doniphan; Alexander William Doniphan; known to his friends as Will)
        • found: Old catalog headingDoniphan, Alexander William, 1808-1887

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        • [Alexander William Doniphan (July 9, 1908-August 8, 1887) was a 19th-century American attorney, soldier and politician from Missouri who is best know today as the man who prevented the summary execution of Mormon founder Joseph Smith, Jr. at the close of the 1838 Mormon War. He also achieved renown as a leader of American troops during the Mexican-American War, as author of a legal code that still forms the basis of New Mexico's Bill of Rights, and as a successful defense attorney in the Missouri towns of Liberty, Richmond and Independence.]

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        • 1983-10-13: new
        • 2023-03-29: revised

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