James M. Harvey
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| In office January 11, 1869 – January 13, 1873 |
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| Lieutenant | Charles Vernon Eskridge, Peter Percival Elder |
| Preceded by | Nehemiah Green |
| Succeeded by | Thomas A. Osborn |
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| Born | September 21, 1833 Monroe County, Virginia |
| Died | April 15, 1894 (aged 60) Riley County, Kansas |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Charlotte Richardson Cutter |
| Profession | civil engineer, soldier, surveyor, farmer |
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U.S. Senator, Kansas
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| In office February 1874–March 1877 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander Caldwell |
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| Succeeded by | Preston B. Plumb |
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James Madison Harvey (September 21, 1833 – April 15, 1894) was a United States Senator from Kansas and fifth Governor of Kansas.
Born near Salt Sulphur Springs, Virginia (now West Virginia), Harvey attended common schools in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. He became a civil engineer and headed west as a prospector to Pike's Peak in 1859 as a Fifty-Niner. After meeting several discouraged miners along the way, Harvey decided to settle instead in Kansas Territory, so he acquired a plot of land in Riley County near Fort Riley and engaged in agricultural pursuits. From 1861 to 1864, he served with the Union Army during the Civil War, advancing to the rank of Captain in the 4th Kansas Volunteer Infantry and 10th Kansas Volunteer Infantry.
Harvey was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives, 1865-1866, and then elected to the Kansas Senate in 1867-1868. He was Governor of Kansas for two terms, serving from 1868 to 1872, and then elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alexander Caldwell, where he served from February 2, 1874, to March 3, 1877.
After his Senate term, Harvey worked as a government surveyor in New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and Oklahoma, before returning to Kansas in 1890 to resume agricultural pursuits. He died near Junction City, Kansas in 1894. Interment was in Highland Cemetery, Junction City.
[edit] External links
- James M. Harvey at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-14
- Governor's papers
- James Madison Harvey biography from "Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc.", 1912
- James Madison Harvey biography from "A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans", 1918
- James M. Harvey at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-14
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