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    William Alfred Peffer (September 10, 1831 – October 6, 1912) was a lawyer, Union Army officer during the American Civil War, state legislator, and United...
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  • Peffer may refer to: William A. Peffer (1831–1912), United States Senator from Kansas Nathaniel Peffer (1890, New York City - 1964), American researcher...
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    and claimed credit for the defeat of Kansas senator John Ingalls. (William A. Peffer was elected on the Populist ticket.) She opposed big business and...
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    People's Party (United States) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the New International Encyclopedia)
    William A. Peffer and William A. Harris from Kansas Marion Butler of North Carolina James H. Kyle from South Dakota Henry Heitfeld of Idaho William V...
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    of a new political party. The conference held another meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 22, 1892. Mary Elizabeth Lease, William A. Peffer, Jerry...
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    after seventeen ballots Peffer won, with fifty-six votes, against J. T. Willitts, with thirty-eight votes. William A. Peffer, judge and member of the...
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    1833 – August 16, 1900) was an American Republican politician who served as a United States senator from Kansas. Ingalls is credited with suggesting the...
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  • Although the Republican and Democratic parties have dominated U.S. politics in a two-party system since 1856, some independents and members of other political...
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  • ... Kansas: Standard Publishing Company. p. 757. ISBN 9780722249055. "Peffer's Successor Chosen". The New York Times. January 28, 1897. p. 1. "J.R. Burton...
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    Edited by James H. Davis. Kansas Farmer, Topeka, Kansas. Edited by William A. Peffer. National Alliance, Houston, Texas. —No copies known to have survived...
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    William Alexander Harris (October 29, 1841 – December 20, 1909) was a United States representative and Senator from Kansas. A son of U.S. Congressman...
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  • 2016-09-26. "A Brief History of Castleton". Castleton State College. 2010. Retrieved 2017-04-25. Peffer 2012, pp. 317–318. Peffer 2012, pp. 20, 42. Peffer 2012...
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  • (born 1839) October 5 – Lewis Boss, astronomer (b. 1846) October 6 – William A. Peffer, U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1891 to 1897 (born 1831) October 30...
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  • This is a complete list of all people who previously served in the United States Senate. As of October 2023[update], a total of 2,003 persons have served...
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    and Confederate Army brigadier general (died 1864) September 10 – William A. Peffer, U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1891 to 1897 (died 1912) September...
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    1864, helping fight pro-Confederacy Missouri partisans and raiders under William Quantrill, as well as serving in Nebraska against Indians. Starting in...
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    Proctor) Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: William A. Peffer; Ranking Member: Thomas C. Power) Finance (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees;...
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    Peoples Party fusion candidate for Congress from the Eighth District "Peffer's Successor Chosen". The New York Times. January 28, 1897. p. 1. "M'ENERY...
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    2 seat up for election in 1894, state constitutional convention member William J. McConnell to serve for the remainder of the Fifty-first United States...
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  • Since Kansas became a U.S. state in 1861, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives...
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    Bishop Walden Perkins (October 18, 1841 – June 20, 1894) was a United States representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Rochester, Ohio, he attended...
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  • sworn in after Kansas was admitted to the Union in February 1861. As a result of a bond scandal, was impeached on February 26, 1862, along with Governor...
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    William A. Peffer, 81, U.S. Senator for Kansas from 1891 to 1897 as the first senator to be elected from the Populist Party (b. 1831) Walter William Skeat...
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    of the United States: Thomas E. Benedict Chaplain: William H. Millburn (Methodist) Secretary: William Ruffin Cox Librarian: Alonzo M. Church Sergeant at...
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    Mining (Chairman: William H. H. Cowles; Ranking Member: Thomas Bowman) Naval Affairs (Chairman: Hilary A. Herbert; Ranking Member: William McAleer) Pacific...
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    Lucien Baker (June 8, 1846 – June 21, 1907) was a United States senator from Kansas. Baker was born near Cleveland, Ohio and moved with his parents to...
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    sources indicate Gage ran under a fusion ticket between the Republicans and the Union Labor Party. Maguire ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats...
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    Congress; unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1888. Martin was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on January 25, 1893, to fill the remainder...
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  • This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 52nd United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1891, to March...
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  • This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 54th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1895, to March...
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