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Missouri elected a senator who had already died

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In 1923, the citizens of a small Brazilian town were so completely disillusioned with their political options that they elected a deceased goat as their councilman. Wait, even better: In 2000, Missouri voters actively elected Mel Carnahan to the US Senate despite the fact that he had died in a plane crash three weeks prior, preferring a dead man over his living opponent.

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