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Hamilton Gamble
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Hamilton Gamble served in the Missouri State Legislature from 1846-1851. He was elected to the Missouri Supreme Court as supreme justice where he presided over the Dred Scott v. Emerson case and dissented his colleagues’ vote to overturn the case. He believed Scott was free because he had already been free. Although Gamble believed Scott to be free, earlier in 1829 he defended Garland Rucker against Maria Whiten and her son Patrick Henry who were suing Rucker for their freedom. Gamble became the provisional governor of Missouri in 1861.
