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Charles Curtis

This photograph shows Charles Curtis, 1860-1936, standing on the steps of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.As a Kansas politician he serves in the United States Congress from 1893-1907. He also serves two terms as a United States Senator, 1907-1913 and 1915-1929. In 1928 Curtis is elected as the thirty-first vice-president of the United States, 1929-1933, and is the first Native American to be elected to public office in the United States.

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Robert Joseph Dole

This formal portrait shows Robert Joseph Dole,1923-2021, World War II veterans and United States Senator from Russell, Kansas. Dole served as a United States Senator from Kansas from 1969 to 1996.

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Nancy Landon Kassebaum

A portrait of Nancy Landon Kassebaum, United States Senator from Kansas, 1978-1997, and the daughter of Kansas Governor Alfred Mossiman Landon.

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Samuel Medary

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.

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James Henry Lane

This is a copy of an original photograph taken of Lane in New York City, 1861. James Henry Lane was a Free State leader, serving as an aid to emigrants and the first United States Senator from Kansas. Mrs. John Ingalls had an original of this photograph, and she loaned it to William E. Connelley who had six copies made. Connelley presented one copy to the Kansas State Historical Society in 1912.

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Abraham Lincoln

A portrait of Abraham Lincoln. In December 1859, Lincoln traveled to the Kansas Territory and spoke at Elwood, Troy, Doniphan, Atchison, and Leavenworth. His speeches covered several issues including preventing the expansion of slavery, the theory of popular sovereignty, and the evils of states seceding from the Union. In 1860, Lincoln received the Republican party's nomination for president. Although Kansans liked him the delegation from the territory did not support his nomination. He won the election, and on February 22, 1861, at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Lincoln raised the United States flag bearing a 34th star, honoring Kansas as the newest state.

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Cyrus Kurtz Holliday

A formal portrait of Cyrus Kurtz Holliday (1826-1900), of Topeka, Kansas. Holliday came to Kansas Territory in 1854 from Meadville, Pennsylvania. He was an agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company, one of the founders of Topeka, and was the first president of the Topeka Town Association. He was very active in territorial political activities, including the Topeka movement, he was a delegate to the Topeka Constitutional Convention, and served in the Kansas State Senate in 1861. Holliday was also the first president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, and served as one of the railroad's directors for nearly 40 years.

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Mary and Cyrus Kurtz Holliday

Portrait of Mary Holliday and Cyrus Kurtz Holliday of Topeka, Kansas Territory. Cyrus came to Kansas Territory from Meadville, Pennsylvania, as an agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company. He was the first president of the Topeka Town Association, and was involved in founding and settling Topeka. Holliday was very active in territorial political activities, including the Topeka movement, and he was a delegate to the Topeka Constitutional Convention, as well as served as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

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Alfred Mossman Landon

A photograph showing Kansas Governor Alf Landon standing by a wooden walkway in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Alfred Mossman Landon

This photograph shows Kansas Governor Alf Landon standing on a wood bridge in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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