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This formal portrait shows Walter Roscoe Stubbs, 1858-1929, a businessman and cattle rancher from Lawrence, Kansas. Stubbs began his career in politics in 1902 when he was elected as a Republican to the Kansas House of Representatives. He served from 1903 to 1906 and was elected speaker of the house in 1906. In the November general election of 1908 Stubbs was elected the eighteenth Governor of Kansas. He served from January 11, 1909, to January 13, 1913. In March 1911, under his leadership, Kansas enacted the nation's first blue sky law, protecting investors from security fraud. Stubbs returned to private life after losing the 1912 primary race for the United States Senate.
Date: Between 1902 and 1906
Item Number: 505635
Call Number: B Stubbs, Walter Roscoe *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 505635
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1900s
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Stubbs, Walter Roscoe
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - House of Representatives
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Stubbs, Walter Roscoe, 1858-1929
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Type of Material - Photographs
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