Thomas Ewing papers [microform], 1856-1908.

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Thomas Ewing papers [microform], 1856-1908.

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Thomas Ewing, Jr., was the first Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. Private and business papers of Ewing; legal correspondence of a Leavenworth, Kan. law firm with which he was associated, and an account book showing sale of lots in a Leavenworth addition.

2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Kansas State Historical Society

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Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896

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Soldier, lawyer, congressman from Ohio. From the description of Letter, 1858 Nov. 2, Leavenworth, Kansas, to Charles Lanman, Georgetown, D.C. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 16218217 American army officer and politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to William H. Seward, 1866 Oct. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531100 ...

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...