This folder on Election Protest comes from the Correspondence series of the Governor Charles Robinson Papers. These papers are a remonstrance from Jackson County against the commission of District Clerk on April 11, 1861. This is important because in 1861 Kansas became a state and it was the district court's responsibility to hold regular terms in April and October of each year. The district courts were given jurisdiction to hear nearly all categories of federal cases including both civil and criminal affairs. Charles Robinson was Kansas' first state Governor, serving from 1861 to 1863. He was born in Massachusetts in 1818 and headed the New England Emigrant Aid Company's first colony to Kansas Territory in 1854.

Creator: Kansas. Governor (1861-1863 : Robinson)
Date: 1861