Victor Murdock Papers 1824-1971 (bulk 1909-1940)

Murdoch family.

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MURDOCK, VICTOR

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U.S. representative from Kansas and newspaper editor. Born, 1871; died, 1945. From the description of Victor Murdock papers, 1824-1971 (bulk 1909-1940). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449012 ...

United States. Congress. House

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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...

Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987

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Alfred "Alf" Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887 – October 12, 1987) was an American politician from the Republican Party. He served as the twenty-sixth Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. He was the Republican Party's nominee in the 1936 presidential election, but was defeated in a landslide by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt who won the electoral college vote 523 to 8. Born in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, Landon spent most of his childhood in Marietta, Ohio before moving to Kansa...

Cannon, Joseph Gurney, 1836-1926

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Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was a United States politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and many consider him to be the most dominant Speaker in United States history, with such control over the House that he could often control debate. Cannon is the second-longest continuously serving Republican Speaker in history, having been surpassed by fellow Illinoisa...

Davis, Jonathan McMillan, 1871-1943

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Shouse, Jouett, 1879-1968

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Politician. Shouse was born in Midway, Ky. December 10, 1879, the son of the Reverend Samuel Shouse. He was on the staff of the Lexington HERALD from 1898-1904. In 1911, he went to Kansas, where he was married. Elected to Congress from the 7th Kansas District in 1915, Shouse served in the 64th and 65th Congresses. President Wilson named Shouse Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in 1919. Shouse served as Chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee, 1929-1932;...

Murdock, Marshall M. (Marshall Mortimer), 1837-1908

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Murdoch family.

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White, William Allen, 1868-1944

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American journalist known as the "Sage of Emporia"; owner and editor of the "Emporia Gazette." From the description of Papers of William Allen White, 1890-1940 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837106 Journalist. From the description of Letters, 1889-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644557 Pulitzer Prize-winning Emporia, Kansas, newspaper editor and author. From the description of William Allen White letter...

United States. Federal Trade Commission.

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Leahy, David D.

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Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951

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Publishing, radio executive; Kansas governor; U.S. senator from Kansas. Of Garnett, Topeka, Kan. From the description of Arthur Capper papers, 1853-1956 (bulk 1918-1948). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 85600345 ...

Ayres, William Augustus, 1867-1952

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William Agustus Ayres was born in Illinois on April 19, 1867. He moved with his parents to Sedgwick County, Kansas, in 1881. He attended Garfield University (now Friends University) in Wichita, Kansas and was admitted to the bar in 1893. He practiced law in Wichita and was clerk of the Court of Appeals of Kansas from 1897-1901. Ayres served as the Prosecuting Attorney of Sedgwick County from 1906-1910. He was elected as a Democrat to the 64th, 65th, 66th, 68th, 69th, 70t...

Fort, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1852-1920

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Norris, George William, 1861-1944

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U.S. representative and senator from Nebraska. From the description of Papers of George W. Norris, 1884-1944 (bulk 1893-1944). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81101513 ...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Dolley, J. N.

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Thompson, Huston

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Lawyer and government official. From the description of Papers of Huston Thompson, 1908-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063823 Biographical Note 1875, Nov. 1 Born, Lewisburg, Pa. 1897 A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, N.Y. 1899 ...

Howe, Frederic C., 1867-1940

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Collier, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1876-1918

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Haskell, Henry Joseph, 1874-1952

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Colver, William B.

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Bristow, Joseph Little, 1861-1944

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Newspaper owner & editor, fourth assistant postmaster general, U.S. senator from Kansas; of Kansas, Virginia. From the description of Joseph L. Bristow papers, 1864-1944 (bulk 1897-1918). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 77635872 Joseph Little Bristow was born near Hazel Green, Kentucky on July 22, 1861. In 1873, he moved with his father to Fredonia, Kansas. He graduated from Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas in 1886. He served as clerk of the dis...

Sullivan, Mark, 1874-1952

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Journalist and author. From the description of Sullivan scrapbooks, 1940-1941. (Maryland Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70953441 From the description of Mark Sullivan papers, 1900-1935 (bulk 1919-1935). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80376365 American author and journalist. From the description of Typed letters signed (2) : Washington, D.C., to Dr. Francis Harvey Green, 1920 Aug. 4 and 1933 May 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875010 ...

Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937

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Norman Hapgood: editor, diplomat, and author. Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood (1894-1974): editor and translator. From the description of Papers of Norman Hapgood and Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood, 1823-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132030 Norman Hapgood was an editor and critic, best remembered for his influential editorials for Collier's Weekly. Born in Chicago, he had a distinguished tenure as a student at Harvard University, culminating in a law degree. He practiced law...

Progressive Party (1912)

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Noble, John, 1874-1934

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Phillips, John S. (John Sanburn), 1861-1949

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Murdock, Victor

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Biographical Note 1871, Mar. 18 Born, Burlingame, Kans. 1890 Married Mary Pearl Allen 1894 1903 Managing editor, Wichita Daily Eagle ...

Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948

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Josephus Daniels, son of Josephus and Mary (Cleves) Daniels, was born in Washington, North Carolina, May 18, 1862. He attended the Wilson Collegiate Institute. On May 2, 1888, he married Addie W. Bagley. At the age of eighteen, he was editor of the "Wilson Advance"; admitted to the bar in 1885; state printer for North Carolina, 1887-1893; chief clerk, Department of the Interior, 1893-1895; editor of the "Raleigh State Chronicle", 1885; editor of the "Raleigh State News and Observer", 1894-1919; ...

Reed, Clyde Martin, 1871-1949

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Clyde Martin Reed was born 9 October 1871 in Champaign County, Illinois, the son of Martin Van Buren and Mary Adelaid Reed. His family moved to Labette County, Kansas in 1875, where Reed received his education, including a teacher's certificate. In 1891 he married Minnie E. Hart and they had seven children who survived to adulthood. Reed worked for the government much of his life, when not running the Parsons Sun newspaper. He worked in the post office for many years, was secretary to Governor H...

Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950

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Publisher and governor of and U.S. senator from Kansas. From the description of Henry Justin Allen papers, 1896-1942 (bulk 1919-1942). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130958 Epithet: American journalist, formerly Senator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001150.0x00037e Biographical Note 1868, Sept. 11 ...

Stubbs, Walter Roscoe, 1858-1929

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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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The Republican Party is a national political party in the United States, and was founded in 1854. In the 1864 election, the party took the name National Union Party to allow the participation of Democrats. From the description of Republican Party tickets, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 496362231 From the guide to the Republican Party tickets, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Mason, Walt, 1862-1939.

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Walt Mason was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. Orphaned at 15, he began an itinerant lifestyle that took him from Canada to New York and across the American midwest, working odd jobs. He eventually became a journalist, but his wanderlust and alcoholism hampered his career. William Allen White gave Mason a job at the Emporia (Kansas) Gazette, and he started writing light verse, both humorous and inspirational, which became very popular. Through syndication, "Uncle Walt" developed a national f...

Murdock, Marcellus M. (Marcellus Marion), 1883-1970

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Marcellus Marion Murdock was born February 14, 1883 in Wichita, Kansas. His father (Marshall M. Murdock) was a prominent newspaper publisher and founder of the Wichita Eagle. Following his graduation from Wichita High School Marcellus Murdock married and joined the staff of the Wichita Eagle as a working reporter. Gradually he turned from reporting to the business administration of the newspaper and later became publisher of the Wichita Eagle. During an award winning career at the newspaper, Mur...