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From Lecompton, Kansas Territory, Governor Samuel Medary writes John A. Halderman to express his disappointment with his (Medary's) and the Democratic Party's showing in the December 6, 1859, elections for state offices under the Wyandotte Constitution. Medary ran against Charles Robinson in the "state's" first gubernatorial contest and lost 7,908 to 5,395. Medary makes a number of interesting observations in what amounts to a post election analysis of the outcome. The party should have won, in Medary's estimation, but as a result they would "have to submit to the eternal disgrace of having it [Kansas] go forth as a Black Old John Brown state."
Creator: Medary, S. (Samuel), 1801-1864
Date: December 10, 1859
Item Number: 90107
Call Number: John A. Halderman Coll. #370 Box 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90107
Collections - Manuscript - Halderman, John A.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Democrat
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Wyandotte Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Elections
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Medary, Samuel
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Haldeman, John A.
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/90107