Jackson County Courthouses (Missouri)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Jackson County Courthouse
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caption = Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City
location= Independence:
112 W Lexington Ave
Kansas City:
415 E. 12th Street
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 5
lat_seconds = 33
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 94
long_minutes = 22
long_seconds = 58
long_direction = W
locmapin = Missouri
area =
built = Independence: 1836
Kansas City: 1934
architect= Independence:
David Frederick Wallace
Kansas City:
Wight and Wight
architecture= Independence:
Colonial Revival
Kansas City:
Art Deco
added = October 18, 1972
governing_body = Local
refnum=72000713cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Jackson County Courthouse of Missouri consists of two locations. They are located at 415 East 12th Street in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri and on Independence Square at Main & Maple Street in Independence, Missouri.

Courthouse of Kansas City

Harry S. Truman decided very quickly after he became county judge in 1923 that the old Jackson County Courthouse at 5th and Oak was a fire hazard and needed to be replaced. He got approval from the voters in 1931 for a $4 million bond issue for a new courthouse, which was dedicated in December 1934. Truman had an office in the new courthouse building during most of his first term as U.S. Senator from 1935 to 1939.

Courthouse of Independence

In 1922, Harry S. Truman won election as county judge for eastern Jackson County as a candidate of the Tom Pendergast faction of the Democratic Party. He failed to be re-elected in 1924, but, then won election as presiding judge in 1926. Truman served in this position in effect as county commissioner for eight years. He divided his time between the two Jackson County courthouses in Independence and Kansas City.

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