Joseph Little Bristow papers [microform], 1864-1925.

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Joseph Little Bristow papers [microform], 1864-1925.

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Joseph L. Bristow was born near Hazelgreen, Wolfe County, Kentucky, July 22, 1861, and is a son of William and Savanah (Little) Bristow, and a grandson of Joseph E. and Ann (Smithers) Bristow. Educated partly in the public schools of Kentucky and partly in Kansas, Joseph L. Bristow graduated from Baker University at Baldwin City, Kansas, in 1886, and in 1891 his alma mater gave him the degree M.A., and in 1909 honored its distinguished alumnus with the further degree of LL. D. Mr. Bristow grew up on a farm, and had some experience of farming in Elk County, Kan., before entering college. Immediately after his graduation he was elected clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kan., an office he filled four years. In 1890 he bought the Daily Republican of Salina, Kansas, and continued to edit its columns five years. In 1895 he sold the Daily Republican and bought the Ottawa Herald, which he owned for more than ten years. In 1908 he was nominated at the republican primary for United States Senator to succeed the Hon. Chester I. Long, and was elected by the State Legislature in January, 1909. During the next six years, until his retirement from the Senate in March, 1915, he was first and foremost among men prominent in national life in shaping legislation and formulating definite economic and political principles. In fact, a detailed review of his senatorial career would constitute almost a history of national policies and legislation during that period. Public and private correspondence and the papers of Bristow, who was a farmer, newspaper publisher, civil servant and politician. He spent a large portion of his life in Kansas.

119 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Kansas State Historical Society

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