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 Clardy, Gilbert Lawrence. "The Rhetoric of Populism in Missouri." Ph.D.
            dissertation (Speech Communications), University of Missouri, 1972.  

Clevenger, Homer. "Agrarian Politics in Missouri, 1880-1896." 352 p. Ph.D. dissertation, U of Missouri, 1940. U of Missouri Microfilm Publication No. 222.   

_____. "The Farmers' Alliance in Missouri." Missouri Historical Review. 39: 24-44. October 1944.   

_____. "Missouri Becomes a Doubtful State." Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 29(4): 541‑56. March 1943.  Slight effect of Populism on Missouri politics, 1880-1912.  

Himelhoch, Myra. "St. Louis Opposition to David R. Francis in the Gubernatorial Election of 1888." Missouri Historical Review 1974 68(3): 327-343.  Democrat Francis, the mayor of St. Louis, won the gubernatorial election of 1888, despite being soundly defeated in his hometown of St. Louis.  Anti-Cleveland sentiment, possible election irregularities involving blacks and foreigners, difficulties with the labor vote, anti-prohibitionists opposition, and a reform-Democrat campaign led by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch explain his rejection. America: History and Life, 13A:4412

Hoffman, Pamela. "Addressing the Grievances: The Organization and Political Allegiances of Missouri Farmers, 1887-1892." Senior thesis, Westminster College, 2000.  Missouri's two major parties undermined the stillborn Missouri Populist Party by adjusting their program to farmer's needs.  Consistent with Jeffrey Ostler's comparison of Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa in Prairie Populism

Ogilvie, Leon Parker. "Populism and Socialism in the Southeast Missouri Lowlands." Missouri Historical Review 1971 65(2): 159-183.  Political trends in the Missouri Lowlands have usually paralleled those throughout the State.  The two major exceptions are the Populist and Socialist movements.  The Agricultural Wheel and the Farmers' Alliance were closely associated with the region. America: History and Life, 9:921

Patridge, Jeffrey Don. "Attempts at Reform: the Agrarian Movement in Grundy County, Missouri, 1870-96." Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1991. 

Pusateri, C. Joseph. "The Road to Jefferson City: David R. Francis's Campaign for the Governorship, 1888." Missouri Historical Society Bulletin 1968 24(3): 199-211.  Francis, the Democratic mayor of Saint Louis, narrowly won election as Missouri's governor in 1888.  Among other problems he bore, the newly formed Union Labor Party was not happy with the mayor's performance in two major labor disputes. America: History and Life, 6:1560

Towey, Martin Gerald. "The People's Party in Missouri." Ph.D. dissertation, Saint Louis University, 1971.  DAI, 33, no. 03A, (1971): 1133. 

Wright, Charles Omega. "The Populist Movement with Special Reference to
            Missouri." M.A. thesis, U of Missouri, 1921.