Kansas Governors Homer E. Socolofsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Socolofsky, Homer E., 1922-2005.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and government.

Governors.

Governors--Kansas--Biography.

Kansas.

Kansas--Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 255 pages) : illustrations, maps ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University Press of Kansas 1990

Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This onestop reference work is a governors’ hall of fame—a compendium of information about the 51 men who have held the chief executive post since the opening of the Kansas Territory in 1854.Using both primary and secondary sources, historian Homer Socolofsky sketches a concise biography of each governor and compares their roles in Kansas history. He also provides comparative election and demographic data, as well as suggestions for additional reading.Supplementing the text are 93 historic photographs, including each chief executive’s portrait and autograph. Twelve maps and tables depict and compare aspects of the governors’ lives, showing occupational background, birthplace, and residence.Kansas Governors brings together in a single volume a far more complete treatment of both territorial and state governors—as well as acting governors—than can be found in other biographical dictionaries. It will be a useful tool for Kansas history buffs, and an essential reference for school and public libraries.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Maps, Tables, and Figures

Kansas Open Books Foreword, Virgil W. Dean

Preface

Governors and Acting Governors of Kansas: Who, When, and Where?

Biographical Sketches of the Governors and Acting Governors of the Territory of Kansas (1854-1861)

Andrew Horatio Reeder

Daniel Woodson

Wilson Shannon

John White Geary

Frederick Perry Stanton

Robert John Walker

James William Denver

Hugh Sleight Walsh

Samuel Medary

George Monroe Beebe

Biographical Sketches of the Governors of the State of Kansas (1861-1990)

Charles Robinson

Thomas Carney

Samuel Johnson Crawford

Nehemiah Green

James Madison Harvey

Thomas Andrew Osborn

George Tobey Anthony

John Pierce St. John

George Washington Glick

John Alexander Martin

Lyman Underwood Humphrey

Lorenzo Dow Lewelling

Edmund Needham Morrill

John Whitnah Leedy

William Eugene Stanley

Willis Joshua Bailey

Edward Wallis Hoch

Walter Roscoe Stubbs

George Hartshorn Hodges

Arthur Capper

Henry Justin Allen

Jonathan McMillan Davis

Benjamin Sanford Paulen

Clyde Martin Reed

Harry Hines Woodring

Alfred Mossman Landon

Walter Augustus Huxman

Payne Harry Ratner

Andrew Frank Schoeppel

Frank Carlson

Frank Leslie Hagaman

Edward F. Arn

Frederick Lee Hall

John Berridge McCuish

George Docking

John Anderson, Jr.

William Henry Avery

Robert Blackwell Docking

Robert Frederick Bennett

John William Carlin

John Michael Hayden

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7006-0421-9

OCLC:

1227916091