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This formal portrait represents Samuel Medary, 1801-1864, newspaper editor and publisher from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He serves as the sixth territorial governor of Kansas from December 20, 1859 until December 10, 1860. Prior to his appointment as a territorial governor, Medary is elected, in 1834, to the Ohio House of Representatives and later to the Ohio State Senate, 1836-38, as a Jackson Democrat. In 1857 he is appointed governor of the Minnesota Territory, 1857-1858. When he resigns as the territorial governor of Kansas, in 1860, Medary returns to Columbus, Ohio to establish the newspaper the Crisis, which he continues to publish until his death in 1864.
Item Number: 3911
Call Number: B Medary Samuel *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3911
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Publishers
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1854-1860
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Democrat
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Medary, Samuel
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Medary, Samuel, 1801-1864
Places - Other States - Minnesota
Places - Other States - Ohio
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs
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