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This engraving represents John Palmer Usher, 1816-1889, a lawyer from Indiana and a member of President Abraham Lincoln's cabinet. Usher serves only two years as the seventh U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1863-1865, before returning to private life. In 1865, he becomes the chief counsel for the Kansas Pacific Railroad a position he holds until his retirement in 1880. Usher also resumes his political career when he moves to Lawrence, Kansas, in 1872, and is elected to serve one term as the town's mayor, 1879-1881). On April 13, 1889 at the age of seventy-three, he passes away at the University Hospital in Philadelphia after a lengthy illness. Burial is at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas.
Date: Between 1860 and 1865
Item Number: 217928
Call Number: B Usher, John P. *9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 217928
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Kansas Pacific
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1861-1869
Government and Politics - Local Government - Municipal - Mayor
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Engraving
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Kansas Pacific
Type of Material - Illustrations - Lithographs and Engravings
Type of Material - Photographs
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