Achieve the Honorable: A Missouri Congressman's Journey from Warm Springs to Washington

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Skelton’s Confederate great-grandfather Washington Mason Skelton, circa 1850. Skelton’s Family Collection Skelton’s grandfather Isaac Newton Skelton II, circa 1900. Skelton’s Family Collection Skelton’s father, Isaac Newton Skelton III, fireman second class, aboard the USS Missouri, 1918. Skelton’s Family Collection Skelton’s father, prosecuting attorney of Lafayette County, 1927. Skelton’s Family Collection The author, age six. Skelton’s Family Collection Rev. J. T. Boone, author’s grandfather, 1941. Skelton’s Family Collection Scoutmaster John Marchetti, Troop 418, Lexington, Missouri. Courtesy of Roy Gene Marchetti The author as a high school sophomore at Wentworth Military Academy , 1946. Skelton’s Family Collection Georgia Hall, Warm Springs, Georgia. Skelton’s Family Collection Dedication of the Little White House, Warm Springs, Georgia, June 1947. Author peering from behind roommate Peter Hanson. Skelton’s Family Collection The author with fellow Warm Springs patient Lynn Longbottom , 1947. Courtesy of Lynn Longbottom Rice The author and father in front of father’s Luscombe, 1950. Skelton’s Family Collection Author’s mother, Carolyn Boone Skelton, 1951. Skelton’s Family Collection The author running track, Wentworth Junior College, 1951. Skelton’s Family Collection The author on Wentworth Junior College graduation day, 1951. Skelton’s Family Collection The author and father, law school graduation, University of Missouri , 1956. Skelton’s Family Collection The author’s father, Isaac Newton Skelton III, 1963. Skelton’s Family Collection The author and Susie Skelton with former president Harry Truman, 1963. Skelton’s Family Collection The author, Senator Tom Eagleton, and Congressman Jerry Litton, 1974. Skelton’s Family Collection The author and Susie Skelton with sons Jim and Page and friend Nick Iman, 1975. Skelton’s Family Collection The author and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, 1975. Skelton’s Family Collection The author with State Senator William Cason addressing group of constituents, 1975. Skelton’s Family Collection The author with Emory Melton and Norman Merrell, state senators, 1975. Skelton’s Family Collection State senator Ike Skelton and presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, 1976. Skelton’s Family Collection Skelton with U.S. senators Edmund Muskie and Stuart Symington, 1976. Skelton’s Family Collection Susie Skelton on the campaign trail, 1976. Skelton’s Family Collection ...