During Abraham Lincoln's campaign for the presidency, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat named Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri, swore that he would never shave again if Abe were elected.
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Soybeans bring in the most cash for Missourians as a crop.
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The present Capitol was completed in 1917 and occupied the following year is the third Capitol in Jefferson City and the sixth in Missouri history.