Rediscovering Thomas C. Fletcher
Huss Ph. D., Stephen F.![Rediscovering Thomas C. Fletcher](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/297/29744421/CHSBZCOP0329744421.jpg)
Although he had been the first Republican governor in the history of the state, the first native-born governor, the last Civil War governor, the first Reconstruction governor, an internationally respected attorney, the friend of at least five US presidents, and a nationally recognized war hero, most Missourians have never heard of Thomas Clement Fletcher. His efforts essentially repaired a war-devastated state, began reconciliation, and could ...