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Missouri
Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for Missouri.
266Documented
7In custody
212Released
4Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Missouri
Where Missouri’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1800s 139
1910s 22
1960s 21
1930s 18
2010s 16
1980s 13
Recent dashboard entries from Missouri
The newest published events and reporting located in Missouri, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Arrest
Two residents arrested at a Springfield City Council meeting amid protests over Flock cameras
Arrest
Data-center moratorium protester arrested during a march from the Missouri Capitol to the Governor’s Mansion
Arrest
Dominic O'Connor arrested while protesting Columbia's Flock surveillance cameras
Prosecution
Video evidence clears activist of felony charge
Protest
St. Joseph residents pack a City Council meeting to protest a proposed data center
Protest
Protest, summit highlight divide over data centers in Missouri
Protest
Nurses at Research Medical Center to hold rally demanding immediate action on unsafe patient care conditions
Protest
Five arrested disrupting St. Louis mayor's State of the City
Documented cases
266 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Frederick Dohr
Released
Frederick Dohr appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Harry I. Doile
Harry I. Doile was a printer and Typographical Union member prosecuted in the Kansas City antiwar conspiracy c...
J
J. M. Donnelly
Released
J. M. Donnelly appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
J
J. W. Draffin
Marshall identifies J. W. Draffin, a Booneville lawyer, as one of five civilians seized with minister Henry M....
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Thomas A. Dryden
Released
Thomas A. Dryden appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
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Edward W. Eagan
Edward W. Eagan was an Iron and Tin Workers Union member prosecuted in the Kansas City antiwar conspiracy case...
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W. M. Easton
Released
W. M. Easton appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
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H. K. Eaton
Released
H. K. Eaton appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
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James O. Edwards
Released
James O. Edwards appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
C
Charles Elliott
Released
Charles Elliott appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
H
H. M. Ells
Marshall identifies H. M. Ells, a Booneville physician, as one of five civilians seized with minister Henry M....
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William P. Elmer
Released
William P. Elmer was from Dent County, Missouri. William P. Elmer was sentenced to five years in prison for wr...
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Samuel Engler
Released
Samuel Engler appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Nicholas Ryan Entwistle
Released
Nicholas Ryan Entwistle, then 19 and living in Kansas City, was arrested after the May 1, 2010 anti-capitalist...
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Gustav Erdtmann
Released
Gustav Erdtmann was from St. Louis, Missouri. Gustav Erdtmann began serving a prison sentence on June 27, 1918...
C
C. D. Fabre
Released
C. D. Fabre appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
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Frank A. Feldman
Released
Frank A. Feldman was listed in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecut...
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J. M. Ferguson
Released
J. M. Ferguson appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Felix Ferriere
Released
Felix Ferriere appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Isaac Fields
Released
Isaac Fields appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
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Allen Flory
Released
Allen Flory was president of Cleaning and Dye House Workers Union Local 20, an American Federation of Labor af...
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Dorothy Forest
Released
Dorothy Forest was one of five Missouri Communist Party officials arrested on September 17, 1952 and prosecute...
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L. E. Forsyth
Released
L. E. Forsyth appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Francis Galt
Released
Francis Galt was identified among imprisoned conscientious and antiwar resisters in contemporary peace-movemen...
Institutions in Missouri
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Missouri that appear in the census’s case files.
Saint Louis Military PrisonSaint Louis, Missouri
127 cases
U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri
6 cases
United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri
4 cases
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of MissouriSt. Louis, Missouri
3 cases
Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson CityJefferson City, Missouri
2 cases
St. Louis WorkhouseSt. Louis, Missouri
2 cases
United States Medical Center for Federal PrisonersSpringfield, Missouri
2 cases
Missouri State PenitentiaryJefferson City, Missouri
1 case