David R. Francis

American politician (1850-1927)

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Facts

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[16]
Date of birth: October 1, 1850
Date of death: January 15, 1927
Place of birth: none
Place of death: St. Louis
Country of citizenship: United States^[11]
Occupation: diplomat, politician, ambassador, governor, mayor
Position held: Governor of Missouri, ambassador, interior minister^[12]^[13]^[14]
Educated at: Washington University in St. Louis^[15]
Member of political party: Democratic Party^[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[20]
Family name: Francis^[18]
Given name: David^[19]
Name in native language: David Rowland Francis^[21]
Place of burial: Bellefontaine Cemetery^[10]
Writing language: English^[22]

🏷️ Also known as

en David R. Francis en David Rowland Francis ar ديفيد آر. فرانسيس fa دیوید آر. فرانسیس he דייוויד פרנסיס ja デイヴィッド・フランシス ja デヴィッド・フランシス ja デビット・R・フランシス ja デビッド・ローランド・フランシス ko 데이비드 롤런드 프랜시스 ko 데이비드 R. 프랜시스 ru Дэвид Роуленд Фрэнсис ru Фрэнсис, Дэвид Роуленд sv David Rowland Francis sv Francis, David R. uk Девід Роуленд Френсіс zh 大卫·弗朗西斯 zh 大卫·罗兰·弗兰西斯 zh 大卫·罗兰·弗兰西斯博览会主席 zh 大衛·R·弗朗西斯

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VIAF cluster ID: 44421206
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n80087692
GND ID: 121759970
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12671080n
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 78544
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 121759970
FAST ID: 57561
FES digital collections entity ID: 422122
Find a Grave memorial ID: 8755
Freebase ID: /m/03djqb
Geni profile ID: 6000000180103001120

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J9U entity ID: 987007424098205171
Libraries Australia ID: 35098851
NLA Trove people ID: 826112
NUKAT ID: n2018166154
National Governors Association biography URL: www.nga.org
National Virtual Library of India ID: 228367
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 240102479
Olympedia people ID: 1100002
Open Library ID: OL1186382A
Our Campaigns candidate ID: 100662
Parsifal cluster ID: 140457
Political Graveyard politician ID: francis.html#626.98.33
Prabook ID: 2540091
SNAC ARK ID: w6tj04pd
Topic's main category: Category:David R. Francis
U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10567852
WikiTree person ID: Francis-2679
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJyMm7VQYYkG8kpKyC6h73
Yale LUX ID: person/f160f1e2-50dc-4ae2-bb74-1561cdaa1039

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Occupation 2

politician, diplomat

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Washington University in St. Louis

Given name 1

David

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Member of political party 1

Democratic Party

Place of birth 1

none

Place of death 1

St. Louis

Position held 1

ambassador

Sex or gender 1

male

Writing language 1

English

← Commemorates 1

St. Louis Walk of Fame

← Officially opened by 1

1904 Summer Olympics

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Summary

David R. Francis was born on October 1, 1850^[1], in Richmond^[2]. He died on January 15, 1927^[3], in St. Louis^[4]. He worked as a diplomat^[5], politician^[6], ambassador^[7], governor^[8], and mayor^[9].

FAQs

Where was David R. Francis born?

David R. Francis was born in Richmond^[2].

Where did David R. Francis die?

David R. Francis passed away in St. Louis^[4].

What did David R. Francis do for work?

David R. Francis worked as a diplomat^[5], politician^[6], ambassador^[7], governor^[8], and mayor^[9].

Where did David R. Francis go to school?

David R. Francis was educated at Washington University in St. Louis^[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ David R. Francis — place of birth (P19): Richmond. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ David R. Francis — place of death (P20): St. Louis. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ David R. Francis — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ David R. Francis — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ David R. Francis — position held (P39): Governor of Missouri. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ David R. Francis — position held (P39): ambassador. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ David R. Francis — position held (P39): interior minister. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ David R. Francis — educated at (P69): Washington University in St. Louis. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ David R. Francis — member of political party (P102): Democratic Party. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ David R. Francis — occupation (P106): diplomat. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ David R. Francis — occupation (P106): politician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ David R. Francis — occupation (P106): ambassador. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ David R. Francis — occupation (P106): governor. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ David R. Francis — occupation (P106): mayor. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ David R. Francis — place of burial (P119): Bellefontaine Cemetery. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ David R. Francis — date of birth (P569): October 1, 1850. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ David R. Francis — date of death (P570): January 15, 1927. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ David R. Francis — family name (P734): Francis. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ David R. Francis — given name (P735): David. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ David R. Francis — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ David R. Francis — name in native language (P1559): David Rowland Francis. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ David R. Francis — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.

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"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65766: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
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FES digital collections entity ID → 422122

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Occupation → diplomat, politician, ambassador +1

Position held → Governor of Missouri, ambassador, interior minister

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Occupation → diplomat, politician, ambassador +1

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