Grave of "Boozy" Brown: He Could Have Been President

Kirkwood, Missouri

Horace Greeley lost the election of 1872 to Ulysses S. Grant. Even had Greeley won, he wouldn't have been President; he died only 24 days after the election, before he had a chance to be sworn into office. Benjamin Gratz "Boozy" Brown, his VP, would have been President. Brown was the governor of Missouri and walked with a limp after being shot in a duel by the District Attorney of St. Louis. He died in 1885 and is buried next to an obelisk erected by the state. Its engraving does not indulge in speculative could've-beens (like us); it does, however, refer to him as one of the state's "most illustrious citizens."

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Grave of "Boozy" Brown: He Could Have Been President

Oak Hill Cemetery

Address:: Bishops Gate Lane, Kirkwood, MO
Directions:: Oak Hill Cemetery. I-44 exit 278. Turn west onto Big Bend Rd. Make first right into the cemetery, then immediately turn right and keep bearing right on the gravel roads until you reach the back of the cemetery and see the tall granite obelisk in the trees on the right.

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