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The following documents are summons from Kansas Governor Anthony to the sheriffs of various counties to hold special elections for vacancies held in the Office of Senator of the different counties. Included is a letter to the sherriffs of Sumner, Sedgwick, Harper, Barbour, Pratt, Stafford, and Kingman counties. In the letter, Governor Anthony informs each of them that there is a recent vacancy in the Office of Senator of the 38th Senatorial District of Kansas. Anthony directs each county to give notice of a special election on Tuesday, November 5, 1878, to fill the vacancy. A separate letter from Kansas Governor Anthony to the sheriffs of Riley, Davis, and Dickinson counties informs there is a vacancy in the Office of Senator of the 30th Senatorial District of Kansas. In the letter, Anthony directs each county to hold a special election on November 5, 1878.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1877-1879: Anthony)
Date: 1878
Item Number: 455309
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor George Tobey Anthony, Correspondence Files, Subject Files, Box 5 Folder 12 (removed to Oversize Box 7 Folder 1, 72-02-10-01)
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455309
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Anthony, George Tobey
Date - 1870s - 1877
Date - 1870s - 1878
Date - 1870s - 1879
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Local Government - County - Sheriff
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Anthony, George Tobey
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - Senate
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Summons
People - Notable Kansans - Anthony, George Tobey, 1824-1896
Places - Counties - Davis (1855-1889)
Places - Counties - Dickinson
Places - Counties - Riley
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Election return
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