Portrait of Andrew Horatio Reeder, 1807-1864, who was the first governor of Kansas Territory. In 1855, Reeder was removed from office by President Pierce and forced to leave Kansas when threatened with arrest for a charge of high treason issued by a pro-slavery grand jury. He escaped with the help of Thomas and Julia Stinson, who dressed him in women's clothing. In May 1856, Reeder disguised himself as a woodcutter (as depicted in this painting) and escaped via a steamboat on the Missouri River. Artist Cyrenius Hall painted this portrait in 1880.
Creator: Hall, Cyrenius
Date: 1880
Item Number: 209869
KSHS Identifier: 1929.68.1
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Artists
Collections - Museum
Curriculum - The Kansas Journey - Chapter 4: Kansas Territory: The Saga of Bleeding Kansas
Date - 1880s - 1880
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Reeder, Andrew H
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Picture - Portrait
People - Notable Kansans - Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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