Frank C. Pomeroy (1874-1949) was a farmer and state legislator in Kansas. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1905 and 1915, and then served in the Kansas Senate from 1917 [1] to 1920. He returned to the House from 1935 to 1938. A Republican, he lived in Holton, Kansas. [2] He lived in Holton, Kansas. [3] He represented Jackson County, Kansas. [4]
John Hollis Bankhead was an American politician and Confederate Army soldier. A member of the Democratic Party, Bankhead served as U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama from 1907 until his death in 1920. Bankhead had additionally served in the United States House of Representatives, the Alabama Legislature, and as warden of the state penitentiary in Wetumpka.
James Aloysius O'Gorman was an American attorney, judge, and politician from New York. A Democrat, he is most notable for his service as a United States Senator from March 31, 1911 to March 3, 1917.
The 1912–13 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. They were the last U.S. Senate elections before the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, establishing direct elections for all Senate seats. Senators had been primarily chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1912 and 1913, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. Some states elected their senators directly even before passage of Seventeenth Amendment. Oregon pioneered direct election and experimented with different measures over several years until it succeeded in 1907. Soon after, Nebraska followed suit and laid the foundation for other states to adopt measures reflecting the people's will. By 1912, as many as 29 states elected senators either as nominees of their party's primary or in conjunction with a general election.
The Kansas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a bicameral assembly, composed of the lower Kansas House of Representatives, with 125 state representatives, and the upper Kansas Senate, with 40 state senators. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, senators for four-year terms.
Case Broderick was an American politician and jurist who served as Associate Justice of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court from 1884 to 1888 and as U.S. Representative from Kansas from 1891 to 1899.
The 1852–53 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states, coinciding with the 1852 presidential election. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1852 and 1853, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 2.
Herbert Franklin Sheldon (1831–1917) was an American politician and real estate businessman in Ottawa, Kansas. He served as Ottawa's mayor and was a state senator.
Henry W. Webb was a political leader in Reconstruction era South Carolina. He was a delegate to the South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1868 and elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives the same year.
Datus Ensing Coon was a newspaper publisher, Union Army officer during the American Civil War, planter, and state politician in Alabama. He was a delegate to the 1875 Alabama Constitutional Convention and a fraternal order of veterans president in San Diego, California. He served as a state legislator during the Reconstruction era in Alabama. representing Dallas County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives. He served on investigating committee evaluating corruption allegations against U.S. Senator George E. Spencer.
John W. Jones was a state legislator in Alabama. He served in the Senate in the 1872 and 1874 legislatures.
Charles Fagan was an American state legislator in Alabama. He represented Montgomery County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives. He lived in Montgomery, Alabama.
Collins Bassett Allen was an American politician from New Jersey.
Thomas J. Hillery was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey.
Freeman E. Franklin was a state legislator in Mississippi. He served as Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1870.
William Brooks Lucas was a lawyer and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi Senate. He lived in Macon, Mississippi and represented Noxubee County. In 1970 a concurrent resolution commended his life and works while mourning his passing.
Oscar Orlando Wolfe Jr. was an American farmer and Democratic state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi Senate including a stint as president pro tempore. He lived in Duncan, Bolivar County, Mississippi.
C. P. Ramsdell was a newspaper founder, U.S. marshal, and state legislator in Pennsylvania and Virginia. He was a Republican. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1871 to 1873. He lived in Surry County, Virginia.
Montana F. Smith was a state legislator in Colorado. A Democrat, she served in the Colorado House of Representatives in 1947 and 1949. She was from Lake City, Colorado and represented Denver County.
Thomas Jefferson Pitchford Sr. was a state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Warren County, North Carolina in the North Carolina House of Representatives and for several terms in the North Carolina Senate. He was a Democrat. He proposed a bill to make it possible to enslave free blacks.
William H. Moore was a state legislator in North Carolina. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era. He represented New Hanover County and served with other African Americans in the state legislature. His post office was in Wilmington, North Carolina. He served with Henry Brewington and Alfred Lloyd who also represented New Hanover in the 1874-1875 session. All three were African Americans.
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