Allen McReynolds (November 7, 1877 - September 29, 1960) was an American politician from

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, who served in the

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. He served in the Missouri National Guard. McReynolds was educated in Missouri public schools and at the

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. In 1940, he ran for the Democratic nomination for

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as a reformist opposed to the urban

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of Bernard F. Dickmann in

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and

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. His daughter Helen Elizabeth married

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, a state senator from

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1877 births 1960 deaths Democratic Party Missouri state senators 20th-century members of the Missouri General Assembly {{Missouri-MOSenate-stub