Alexander Monroe Dockery
| Alexander M. Dockery | |
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| 30th Governor of Missouri | |
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In office January 14, 1901 – January 9, 1905 |
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| Lieutenant | John Adams Lee Thomas Lewis Rubey |
| Preceded by | Lawrence Vest Stephens |
| Succeeded by | Joseph W. Folk |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1899 |
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| Preceded by | Gustavus Sessinghaus |
| Succeeded by | John Dougherty |
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February 11, 1845 Near Gallatin, Missouri |
| Died | December 26, 1926 (aged 81) Gallatin, Missouri |
| Resting place | Edgewood Cemetery, Chillicothe, Missouri |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Elizabeth (Bird) Dockery |
| Children | Five, none reaching adulthood. |
| Profession | Physician, banker, politician |
| Religion | Methodist |
Alexander Monroe Dockery (February 11, 1845 – December 26, 1926) was an American physician and politician from the state of Missouri. A Democrat, he was a multi-term member of the United States House of Representatives and the 30th Governor of Missouri.
Alexander Dockery, only child of Willis E. and Sarah Ellen Dockery, was born near Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri. His father was a Methodist minister and one of the early settlers to the county. The young Dockery attended the local public schools and then studied for a brief time at Macon Academy in (Macon, Missouri) before attending the St. Louis Medical College (now Washington University School of Medicine), graduating on March 2, 1865. Dockery established a medical practice in Linneus, Missouri and attended post-graduate lectures at Bellevue College (New York City) and Jefferson Medical College (Philadelphia) during the winter of 1865–1866. He returned to his practice in Linneus for a time before moving to Chillicothe, Missouri. While in practice in Chillicothe, he met and married Mary Elizabeth Bird in 1869. Dockery served as county physician for Livingston County, Missouri from 1870 to 1874. He also made his first tentative step into politics by serving as president of the Chillicothe board of education from 1871 to 1873. In 1872 Dockery began a ten-year period as a member of the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri.
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