John S. Marmaduke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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25th Governor of Missouri (in office from 1885 to 1887)
Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1833
Place of Birth: Saline County, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 28-Dec-1887
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About John S. Marmaduke
- John S.
- Marmaduke (born John Sappington Marmaduke, March 14, 1833 – December 28, 1887) served as the 25th governor of Missouri from 1885 until his death in 1887.
- Prior to that, he was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded cavalry in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.
- On September 6, 1863 Marmaduke killed Confederate Brigadier-General Lucius M.
- Walker in a duel.
- Major-General Sterling Price ordered Marmaduke's arrest, but suspended the order because of the impending Union advance on Little Rock.
- Marmaduke never faced a court martial for the duel.
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