Hamilton Rowan Gamble

Hamilton Rowan Gamble
16th Governor of Missouri
In office July 31, 1861 – January 31, 1864
Lieutenant	Willard Preble Hall
Preceded by	Claiborne Fox Jackson
Succeeded by	Willard Preble Hall
Missouri Secretary of State
In office 1824–1826
Governor	Frederick Bates Abraham J. Williams
Preceded by	William Grymes Pettus
Succeeded by	Spencer Darwin Pettis
Personal details
Born	(1798-11-29)November 29, 1798 Winchester, Virginia
Died	January 31, 1864(1864-01-31) (aged 65)
Resting place	Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
Political party	Republican
Profession	Judge, politician
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	Missouri State Militia
Years of service	1832 1861-1862
Battles/wars	Black Hawk War American Civil War

Hamilton Rowan Gamble (November 29, 1798 – January 31, 1864) was an American jurist and politician who served as the Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court at the time of the Dred Scott case in 1852. Although his colleagues voted to overturn the 28-year precedent in Missouri of "once free always free," Gamble wrote a dissenting opinion. During the American Civil War, he was appointed as the Governor of Missouri by a Constitutional Convention after Union forces captured the state capital at Jefferson City and deposed the elected governor, Claiborne Jackson.