Missouri gubernatorial election, 1840
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The Missouri gubernatorial election of 1840 was Missouri's seventh gubernatorial election. In the election, which was held on August 3, 1840, Democrat Thomas Reynolds defeated Whig candidate John Bullock Clark, Sr.. Thomas Reynolds would not live for the full length of this term, committing suicide on February 9, 1844, and being replaced by Lt. Governor Meredith Miles Marmaduke.
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