William A. Johnston papers, 1880-1939.

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William A. Johnston papers, 1880-1939.

Contained in this collection are speeches & addresses; newspaper clippings; scrapbooks; letters of congratulations for, & regrets by, people unable to attend the celebration of Johnston's 50th anniversary of appointment to the Kansas Supreme Court; legal, personal, political, & business correspondence; and material on Populists in Kansas. Correspondents include Joseph L. Bristow, Eugene Fitch Ware, William Allen White, governors, and members of Congress.

4 ft. (9 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7626711

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Johnston, Lucy Browne, 1846-1937

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Lucy Browne Johnston (April 7, 1846 – February 17, 1937) was an American social and political reformer and women’s suffrage activist. She was involved with various social movement including Prohibition, women’s enfranchisement, women’s education through the women’s club movement, and the traveling library movement. Johnston was born on April 7, 1846 to Robert and Margaret Browne on a farm in Camden, Ohio. Johnston spent her childhood in Camden, attending and finishing grade school there. Camd...

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...

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...

Brandenburg, William J., Jr.

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Ware, Eugene Fitch 1841-1911

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Ware, an attorney by profession, often wrote poetry under the pseudonym, "Ironquill". He was a veteran of the Civil War, serving in the Iowa infantry units. He was admitted to the bar in Fort Scott, Kansas in 1871, and practiced law in Fort Scott, Topeka, and Kansas City until his death in 1911. From 1879 to 1894 he was a Republican member of the Kansas Senate. Later he served as U.S. Pensions Commissioner (1902-1905). Ware wrote a number of books including The Rise and Fall of the Saloon (1900)...

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...

Populist Party (Kan.)

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Johnston, William Agnew, 1848-1937.

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William Agnew Johnston was born in Patterson Corners, near Oxford Mills, Canada West (Ontario) on July 24, 1848. In 1865, William's uncle, Hugh Agnew took him to Rockford, Illinois. In 1869 William moved to Appleton City, Missouri and studied law under attorney, E. F. Clark. He filed for U. S. citizenship in 1871. In 1880 he was elected Kansas Attorney General and was reelected to that post in 1882. Johnston became a Justice of the Supreme Court when he was elected to fill an unexpired term as A...

Republican Party (Kan.)

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