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In this photo, Cyrus Leland, Jr., is standing behind Governor Willis J. Bailey and Judge W. Stuart who are sitting in chairs. Cyrus Leland, Jr., (1841-1917), was born in Sauk County, Wisconsin and came to Kansas in 1858. He served as a lieutenant with Company F of the Tenth Kansas Infantry. He was a member of the Kansas Legislature in 1865-1866 and again in 1903-1907. Beginning in 1866, he operated a store in Troy, Kansas, and served many years as county commissioner and as a member of the Republican national committee. Appointed by President Benjamin Harrison to be collector of internal revenue for Kansas, Oklahoma, and the Indian Territory, 1889-1893, Leland was named Missouri Valley pension agent by President William McKinley, a position he held from 1897 until 1901. He was a dominant force in Kansas politics and government, at both the state and national levels. He died in a St. Joseph, Missouri, hospital.
Date: Between 1903 and 1905
Item Number: 218781
Call Number: B Leland, Cyrus, Jr. *7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 218781
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1900s
Government and Politics - Local Government - County - County Commissioners
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Bailey, Willis Joshua
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Leland, Cyrus, Jr.
Places - Cities and towns - Troy
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Photographs
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