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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
E. N. Morrill1895 to 1897 John W. Leedy1897 to 1899 William E. Stanley1899 to — United States Senators. Name.No. of Congress.Term. James H. Lane37th to 39th1861 to 1866 Samuel C. Pomeroy37th to 43d1861 to 1873 Edmund G. Ross39th to 41st1866 to 1871 Alexander Caldwell42d1871 to 1873 Robert Crozier43d1873 to 1874 James M. Harvey43d to 44th1874 to 1877 John J. Ingalls43d to 51st1873 to 1891 Preston B. Plumb45th to 52d1877 to 1891 William A. Peffer52d to 55th1891 to 1897 Bishop W. Perkins52d1892 to 1893 John Martin53d1893 Lucien Baker54th to —1895 to — William A. Harris55th to —1897 to — The Kansas-Nebraska act. It was thought that the compromise measures of 1850 (see omnibus bill) had quieted the agitation of the slavery question forever. A member from Georgia introduced the following resolution in Congress in 1852: That the series of acts passed during the first session of the Thirty-first Congress, known as compromises, are regarded as a final adjustment
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
enes at Topeka and nominates John F. Willits for governor......Aug. 13, 1890 At State election the vote for governor stood: Humphrey, Republican, 115,025; Willits, People's party, 106,972......Nov. 4, 1890 W. A. Peffer (Alliance) elected United States Senator......Jan. 28, 1891 Shooting of Col. Sam Wood, pioneer free-State man, in a county seat fight in Stevens county......June 23, 1891 United States Senator Plumb dies at Washington, D. C., of apoplexy......Dec. 20, 1891 Bishop W. Perkins appointed United States Senator by the governor in place of Plumb, qualifies......Jan. 5, 1892 Bob and Emmet Dalton, Joseph Evans, and Texas Jack, shot and killed by citizens while attempting to rob the First National and Condon's banks in Coffeyville; four citizens are killed in the affray......morning of Oct. 5, 1892 L. D. Lewelling elected governor by the Populists and Democrats......November, 1892 Republicans and Populists each claim the speakership in the House......Jan.