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Richard Nixon: The Upper Mississippi River drainage basin is defined as the drainage basin of the Mississippi River above the mouth of…

On the recordSeptember 6, 1973
The Upper Mississippi River drainage basin is defined as the drainage basin of the Mississippi River above the mouth of the Ohio River, excluding the drainage basin of the Missouri River above a point immediately below the mouth of the Gasconade River.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Executive Order 11737—Enlargement of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission

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