Senator Thomas Hart Benton, 1782-1858

Historical marker location:

2023 Latayette Ave, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Missouri Avenue, 0.1 miles north of Lafayette Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2002

Missouri was admitted to the Union as the 24th state on August 10, 1821, becoming the first state entirely west of the Mississippi River.