Missouri leaders thought it was time that Truman, who they called the most important statesman the state has produced, was represented there. But the choice of which statue Truman should kick out is not clean-cut. Truman would stand near Benton, the great-great-uncle of the famous Missouri artist also named “Thomas Hart Benton.”Then the issue took a partisan turn. Last year, all six Republicans representing Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to Missouri Gov. As a result, Republican state Sen. Dan Hegeman introduced a resolution in March to keep Blair, a one-time Republican, and remove Benton, the Democrat.

Source: National Post May 16, 2018 17:48 UTC