[Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and miscellaneous materials on Justice Albert Howell Horton and family]. 1891-1953.

Kansas. Supreme Court

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A supreme court was created in Kansas when it became a territory in 1854, composed of a chief justice and two justices appointed by the president for terms of four years each. When Kansas became a state, the constitution created a Supreme Court consisting of one chief justice and two associate justices elected from the state at large for six-year terms. In 1895, the legislature dealt with the problem of increasing case loads by creating the Kansas Courts of Appeal. However, this also was a tempo...

Horton, Albert H. (Albert Howell), 1837-1902

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Legislator; attorney, U.S. attorney for Kansas; chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. Of Atchison, Kan. From the description of Albert H. Horton letters and telegrams received, 1872-1933 (bulk 1892-1895). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 49970647 A graduate of the University of Michigan, Horton came to Kansas in 1860. He began to practice law in Atchison. From 1861 to 1866 Horton was District Judge of the Second District. He was a presidential elec...

Horton family.

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