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Wow! I follow Missouri politics pretty closely and NEVER would have known his first name was "Earl". I have a hard time believing anyone will find the page looking under that name. Should we move this to "Tom Coleman"? TMS6311219:40, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
How do we get the category "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress cleanup" to stop showing up in the categories listed at the bottom of the article? David in DC (talk) 01:38, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Article states: Following the unexpected death of U. S. Representative Jerry Litton, Coleman was elected to Missouri's 6th congressional district, which encompasses the northwestern portion of the state including a portion of............. This implies the death of Litton caused the election of Coleman. Litton was running for Senate when he was killed in the plane crash, Coleman was not running against him.66.136.150.22 (talk) 15:01, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]