or blackmail. On March 29, 2015, Robert "Spence" Jackson, 44, the spokesman for the Missouri State Auditor's office since October 2011, was found dead at his home in Jefferson City of a gunshot wound, an apparent suicide. Jackson's note read only "I'm so sorry. I just can't take being unemployed again". Police spokesman Doug Shoemaker said investigators wouldn't speculate concerning any connection to Schweich's death "or really entertain questions that might link Mr. Jackson to any type of political issue, whether it's perceived or real". Following Schweich's death, Governor Jay Nixon appointed John Watson as Acting State Auditor, and subsequently appointed Boone County Treasurer Nicole Galloway to serve as State Auditor until the 2018 election. Electoral history References External links Tom Schweich for Missouri State Auditor Missouri State Auditor 1960 births 2015 deaths 21st-century American politicians Ambassadors of the United States American people of Jewish descent American politicians who committed suicide Suicides by firearm in Missouri Harvard Law School alumni Missouri lawyers Missouri Republicans Politicians from St. Louis State Auditors of Missouri Washington University in St. Louis faculty Writers from St. Louis Yale University alumni