Alexander Monroe Dockery

Alexander Monroe Dockery (* February 11, 1845 in Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri, † December 26, 1926 in Gallatin, Missouri ) was an American politician and from 1901 to 1905 the 30th Governor of Missouri. This state he represented also in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

Alexander Dockery attended the local schools of his home and then the Macon Academy in Missouri. Then he studied until 1865 in St. Louis medicine. Between 1870 and 1874 he worked in Livingston County as a doctor. Between 1871 and 1873 Dockery was also a member of the Board of Education of Chillicothe, from 1878 to 1882 he was curator of the University of Missouri. Alexander Dockery was married to Mary Bird, with whom he had eight children.

Political career

As a member of the Democratic Party, he was in 1881 mayor of Gallatin, where he had been since 1878 the city council in the year. Between 1883 and 1899 he represented his state in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the years 1886 and 1906 he was president of the state party days of the Democrats. In November 1900 he was elected governor of his state.

Dockery took up his new post on January 14, 1901. During his tenure, an electoral reform was carried out and increases the budget for education policy. The school districts in Missouri have been redistributed. Otherwise his four-year reign was uneventful. Also worth mentioning is the resignation of his vice- governor John Adams Lee in 1903 after allegations of favoring a company.

In the years 1912 and 1914, Dockery was treasurer of the Democratic Party of Missouri. Between 1913 and 1921 he was in a leading position in the U.S. Post Office Department employs ( Third Assistant Postmaster General ).