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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Roger T. Sermon |
| Address |
Independence, Missouri , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
November 02, 1891 |
| Died |
January 23, 1950
(58 years) |
| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | 1891 (November 2) Born, Independence, Missouri.
1908 Graduated from Independence High School.
1910 (January 16) Married Mary Estelle (Stella) Campbell.
1915 (February 8) Initiated into the Independence Masonic Lodge #76.
1916-17 Joined the Missouri National Guard and served on the Mexican Border as a First Lieutenant.
1917 Captain in the 129th Field Artillery of the 35th Division, commanding Battery C.
1918 (October 8) Son, Roger T. Sermon, Jr. born.
1919 (May 21) Honorably discharged from duty.
1919 Started a grocery business with Sgt. Powell R. Cook of Battery E called Cook & Sermon.
1921-24 Councilman First Ward; Chairman of the City Light Department.
1924 (April 1) Elected Mayor of Independence, Missouri.
1940 Organized the Eastern Jackson County Democratic Club.
1944 Unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party Gubernatorial nomination. (Defeated in primary by Phil M. Donnelly).
1950 (January 23) In his twenty-sixth year as Mayor of Independence, Missouri, he accepted a nomination for another four year term.
1950 (January 23) Died, Independence, Missouri.
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