North Todd Gentry | |
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| Missouri Attorney General | |
| In office 1925–1928 | |
| Governor | Samuel Aaron Baker |
| Preceded by | Robert William Otto |
| Succeeded by | Stratton Shartel |
North Todd Gentry (1866 – 1944) was a lawyer fromColumbia, Missouri, who served asMissouri Attorney General and justice of theSupreme Court of Missouri. He had a lifelong law practice in Columbia and was president of the Boone County Bar. Considered an authority on local history he was active in theBoone County Historical Society. He also held membership in theBoone County Hospital Association and the Kiwanis Club. Gentry was a Freemason, Republican, and Presbyterian.[1]
Gentry was born on March 2, 1866, the son of Thomas Benton and Mary Todd[2] Gentry. He was the grandson of the first mayor of ColumbiaRichard Gentry andAnn Hawkins Gentry. He graduated from theUniversity of Missouri with a law degree in 1888. His papers are held at theState Historical Society of Missouri. He and his wife adopted a daughter who was orphaned in a railroad accident on theColumbia Terminal Railroad.[3] He died at age 78 on September 18, 1944.
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| Preceded by | Missouri Attorney General 1925–1928 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court 1928 | Succeeded by |
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