1931 Kansas House of Representatives
Creator: Boeger Studio
Date: 1931
This is a composite photograph showing members of the 1931 Kansas House of Representatives, Governor Harry H. Woodring, and Lieutenant Governor J. W. Graybill.

1963-1964 Kansas Legislature
Date: Between January 01, 1963 and December 31, 1964
This roster represents the Kansas Legislature in office from 1963 to 1964 while Govenror John Anderson Jr. was in office.

A.H. Gufler to Representatives E.H. Rees and L.R. Cowden
Creator: Gufler, A. H
Date: March 3, 1927
A.H. Gufler, vice president of The Theo. Poehler Mercantile, writes to state representatives encouraging legalization of cigarettes in Kansas. The new cigarette law, H.B. 1 under consideration, was signed into law by Governor Paulen in 1927.

Albert A. Doerr
Creator: Morrison
Date: Between 1920 and 1950
This is a photograph of Albert A. Doerr. Albert was a Democrat from Larned, Kansas, and member of the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate. He represented district ninety-one between 1913-1915, and then served in the Senate from district thirty-eight between 1917-1920. He was also a farmer and businessman in Larned.

Albert E. Kinnamon
Date: Between 1937 and 1941
These are two photographs of Albert E. Kinnamon, a member of the Kansas House of Representatives. He represented the 120th District in Gray County, Kansas, from 1937-1941.

Albert Howell Horton
Date: Between January 01, 1870 and December 31, 1880
In 1874 Albert Howell Horton was elected to a term in the Kansas House of Representatives and in 1876 was elected to a term in the Kansas Senate. In 1876 he was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court.

Albert Howell Horton & wife
Date: Between January 01, 1860 and December 31, 1880
In 1874, Albert Horton was elected to a term in the Kansas House of Representatives and in 1876 was elected to a term in the Kansas Senate. In 1876 he was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court.

Alexander Warner to G. Norton Galloway
Creator: Warner, Alexander
Date: October 9, 1893
This is a letter written by Alexander Warner, Baxter Springs, Kansas to G. Norton Galloway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The letter is written on The House of 1893 stationery and members of the House of Representatives and officers are listed. Also, there are two illustrations one of the broken door and the other of Speaker Douglass' gavel.

Alfred Fairfax
Creator: Martin, H. T.
Date: Between 1889 and 1890
A portrait of Alfred Fairfax, a politician, farmer and pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church in Parsons, Kansas, who resided near Peru, Kansas. He achieved political distinction in 1888 when he was elected to represent the 58th District, Chautauqua County, in the Kansas House of Representatives. Although few details regarding his single term are known, Representative Fairfax served as chairman of the House Committee on Immigration, and received praise for his service from both the white and black Kansas newspapers.

An act regulating the diversion, appropriation, storage and distribution of water for industrial purposes
Creator: Kansas. Legislature
Date: 1891
In this bill (H.B. 602), the House Committee on Irrigation drafted legislation to control and regulate the rights of water in Kansas. Articles within the bill include, Diversion and Appropriation of water for industrial purposes, rights of use of water, right of way, disposal of seepage water, creation of irrigation ditches, construction and maintenance and operation of works, regulation of rates and compensation, and unlawful interference. The bill passed both the house and senate and was signed into law March 10, 1891.

An act to repeal all poll tax laws in the state of Kansas
Creator: House of Representatives
Date: January 1913
This act was created by the Kansas House of Representatives in an attempt to do away with any poll taxing which required Kansas voters to pay a small fee before being able to cast their ballot. Poll taxing affected people of all races in Kansas. This act was not passed. Poll taxing continued in Kansas until the early 1960s when a federal amendment was passed which made poll taxing unconstitutional in all states.

A petition on Negro suffrage
Date: 1867
This petition by an unknown group of Kansas residents asks the state legislature to support suffrage for black males. The petitioners support removing the word "white" from articles five and eight of the state constitution. At that time the Kansas constitution limited suffrage to white males. The petition outlines six reasons why suffrage should be extended to black males. In 1867, the state legislature approved an amendment supporting black male suffrage but white male voters defeated the amendment in a public referendum. Voters also defeated a similar amendment supporting white, female suffrage. These proposed amendments followed the Kansas legislature's ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, which defined who were citizens, including Negroes.

Arthur Jehu Stanley, Sr.
Date: 1921
This is a photograph showing Arthur Jehu Stanley, Sr. who served in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1921. Stanley, a Republican, represented District 8 in Wyandotte County. Earlier in 1899 and 1900 he represented District 86 Lincoln County in the Kansas House of Representatives. He read law under the tutelage of a local lawyer in Lincoln, Kansas and was admitted to the Kansas Bar. In 1911 Stanley moved his family to Kansas City, Kansas where he practiced law for 44 years. His son, Arthur Jehu Stanley, Jr., joined his father in private practice in 1928 and later became a U.S. District Judge for the state of Kansas.

Arthur Jehu Stanley, Sr.
Date: Between 1899 and 1900
This is a cabinet card showing Arthur Jehu Stanley, Sr., who served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1899-1900. Stanley, a Republican, represented District 86 in Lincoln County. He read law under the tutelage of a local lawyer in Lincoln, Kansas and was admitted to the Kansas Bar. Stanley moved his family to Kansas City, Kansas in 1911 where he practiced law for 44 years. In 1921, Arthur Jehu Stanley, Sr. served in the Kansas House of Representatives where he represented District 8, Kansas City, Kansas. His son, Arthur Jehu Stanley, Jr., joined his father in private practice in 1928 and later became a U.S. District Judge for the state of Kansas.

August "Gus" Bogina Jr.
Date: February 16, 2018
August "Gus" Bogina is a former member of both the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate. Mr. Bogina, originally from Shawnee, Kansas, and now retired, worked as a consulting engineer during his career. He graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in engineering. He was first elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1974 and reelected to two additional terms, serving from 1975 through 1980; in 1980, he was elected to the Kansas Senate and reelected to four additional terms. He served as chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee for eleven sessions, 1985 through 1995.

August "Gus" Bogina Jr. oral history transcript
Date: February 16, 2018
Mr. Bogina, originally from Shawnee, Kansas, and now retired, worked as a consulting engineer during his career. He graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in engineering. He was first elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1974 and reelected to two additional terms, serving from 1975 through 1980; in 1980, he was elected to the Kansas Senate and reelected to four additional terms. He served as chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee for eleven sessions, 1985 through 1995. This oral history interview of August "Gus" Bogina, former member of both the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate, is being conducted under the sponsorship of the Kansas Oral History Project, Inc., a nonprofit corporation created for the purpose of establishing an archive of oral histories of Kansas state legislators who served prior to the year 2000. These interviews are funded in part by a grant from the Kansas Humanities Council. Professor Ed Flentje of Wichita State University is conducting this interview at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas, on February 16th, 2018.

Benjamin O. Weaver to Governor Andrew Schoeppel
Date: September 01, 1943
In this letter to Governor Schoeppel, Kansas House of Representatives member Benjamin O. Weaver explains that many of his constituents in Kiowa County, Kansas, are opposed to the use of Japanese Americans as laborers in the state. Included with the letter is a petition signed by numerous Kiowa County residents which states that they are against releasing the Japanese Americans because they "think it dangerous to the war effort." A searchable, full-text version of this letter is available by clicking "Text Version" below.

Bill signing ceremony in Governor Mark Parkinson's office, Topeka, Kansas
Date: April 06, 2010
This photograph shows Governor Mark Parkinson signing HB 2195, an act relating to maintenance and certification of electronic state government records. People in the photograph are front row (left to right): Terri Clark, Assistant Director, Legislative Computer Services; Pat Michaelis, Director, State Archives & Library, Kansas State Historical Society; Governor Mark Parkinson, Kansas Governor; Jennie Chinn, Executive Director, Kansas State Historical Society; Don Heiman, Legislative Chief Information Technology Officer; and back row (left to right): Carey Brown, Kansas Information Technology Office; Joe Hennes, Executive Chief Information Technology Officer; Rep. Mike Burgess, Kansas House of Representatives; Bill Roth, Chief Information Technology Architect, State of Kansas; and Matt Veatch, State Archivist, Kansas State Historical Society.

Burlesque Edition Journal of the House
Date: February 29, 1925 (sic)
This is a satirized edition of the Journal of the Kansas House of Representatives. The author warns "this is not to be taken seriously, or all at once." Representatives are mocked with names like Mr. Finnyfan, Mr. Nuthing, and Mr. Squeaker. The publication date is listed as February 29, 1925, which did not exist because 1925 was not a leap year.

Campaign brochure for John William Carlin
Creator: Carlin, John William, 1940-
Date: 1974
This is an election brochure distributed by John William Carlin during his campaign for State Representative, 73rd District. It was sent to voters in Ellsworth County, rural Saline County and Precinct 1 in Salina. Carlin ran for a seat in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1970, was reelected to four terms and served as Speaker of the Kansas House from 1977 to 1979. In 1979, he was elected governor of Kansas and served two terms.

Capitol (interior), Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Kansas City Star
Date: February 15, 1931
This black and white photograph, copied from The Kansas City Star newspaper, shows the House of Representatives in session. The chamber was built in 1879 as part of the west wing of the capitol. It features plaster columns with a pink marble appearance and twenty-four karat gold leaf trim. The ceiling of the house features four allegorical paintings trimmed in a twenty-four karat gold leaf border. Today, 125 members occupy this chamber when the legislature is in session.

Capitol, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Colcher, Larry & Worley, Barry
Date: 1999
This colored photograph shows the mural entitled "the first dawn" by E. S. Miragoli and Company of St. Louis Missouri. The allegorical painting trimmed with a twenty four karat gold leaf border is one of four murals that are on the ceiling of the House of Representatives in Topeka, Kansas.

Capitol, Topeka,Kansas
Creator: Colcher, Larry & Worley, Barry
Date: 1999
This colored photograph shows the mural entitled "history" by E.S. Miragoli and Company of St. Louis, Missouri. The allegorical painting trimmed with a twenty four karat gold leaf border is one of four murals on the ceiling of the Kansas House of Representatives in Topeka, Kansas.

Capitol, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Colcher, Larry & Worley, Barry
Date: 1999
This colored photograph shows the mural entitled " justice" by E.S. Miragoli and Company of St. Louis, Missouri. The allegorical painting, trimmed with a twenty-four karat gold leaf border is one of four murals that are on the ceiling of the House of Representatives in Topeka, Kansas.

Capitol, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Colcher, Larry & Worley, Barry
Date: 1999
This colored photograph shows the mural entitled "law" by E.S. Miragoli and Company of St. Louis, Missouri. The allegorical painting is located above the Speaker of the House's desk and trimmed with a twenty four karat gold leaf border. The mural is one of four illustrations on the ceiling of the House of Representatives in Topeka, Kansas.