Judge Lawrence D. Bailey was educated in Pennsylvania, read law and was admitted to the bar in July, 1846, and after practicing three years in New Hampshire started for California. After spending four years on the coast, he started for Kansas in the spring of 1857. On the second of April, Judge Bailey settled on a claim near Clinton, Douglas County, but in the following September opened a law office at Emporia. In 1858 he was elected to the Territorial Legislature; in the following year became associate justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas, under the Wyandotte constitution, and in 1862 was re-elected for six years, under statehood. In 1863 he assisted in organizing the State Board of Agriculture, serving as its president for four successive terms.
From the description of Lawrence D. Bailey collection [microform], 1855-1881. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 60656135
