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This is a portrait of Cyrus Leland, Jr., (1841-1917), in his military uniform. He 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, he was named Missouri Valley pension agent by President William McKinley, a position he held from 1897 until 1901. Leland was a dominant force in Kansas politics and government at both the state and national levels. He died in a St. Joseph, Missouri, hospital.
Creator: Troxell & Brother
Date: Between 1861 and 1865
Item Number: 218765
Call Number: B Leland, Cyrus *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 218765
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1861-1869
Government and Politics - Local Government - County - County Commissioners
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature
Military - Service - Army - Infantry
Military - Wars - Civil War - Kansas Units - US Volunteers - 10th Kansas Volunteer Infantry
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Carte-de-visite
People - Notable Kansans - Leland, Cyrus, Jr.
Places - Cities and towns - Troy
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Carte-de-visite
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