Forrest C. Donnell
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United States Senator from Missouri |
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In office January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951 |
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| Preceded by | Joel B. Clark |
| Succeeded by | Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. |
| 40th Governor of Missouri | |
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In office February 26, 1941 – January 8, 1945 |
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| Lieutenant | Frank Gaines Harris |
| Preceded by | Lloyd C. Stark |
| Succeeded by | Phil M. Donnelly |
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August 20, 1884 Quitman, Missouri |
| Died | March 3, 1980 (aged 95) St. Louis, Missouri |
| Political party | Republican |
Forrest C. Donnell (August 20, 1884 – March 3, 1980) was a United States Senator and the 40th Governor of Missouri. He was a Republican.
Donnell was born in Quitman, Missouri. Donnell graduated from Maryville High School (Missouri) in 1900, where his father was once mayor; the Donnells lived in the home that had once belonged to Albert Morehouse, who also served as governor.
At the University of Missouri he was a member of the Kappa Sigma and Phi Delta Phi fraternities. He was also elected as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Kappa Nu and QEBH societies. He was valedictorian of the 1904 class and received a law degree in 1907.
In 1907 he moved to St. Louis, Missouri. In October 1911 he and future Senator Selden P. Spencer founded the law firm Spencer & Donnell. Donnell married Hilda Hays in 1913. They would have two children, Ruth and John Lanier. In 1917 he was president of the Association of Young Republicans of Missouri; in 1918-1920, a member of the executive committee of the Republican State Committee of Missouri; and in 1919, a president of the 28th Ward Republican Club of St. Louis.
He was the city attorney for Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb southwest of St. Louis City.
Donnell was elected Governor of Missouri in 1940 and served one term from 1941 and 1945.
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