Leander J. Talbott (August 13,1849 –July 23,1924) was a wealthy Missouri realtor and politician who served as Mayor of Kansas City,Missouri,in 1884.
Talbott was born in rural Meigs County,Ohio,one of eight children of Joshua and Adeline L. (Williamson) Talbott. His father,an Ohio native,was a farmer and miller. The family moved to Kansas City in 1857,where he was educated in the local schools. He entered the real estate business and eventually became active in local Democratic politics. [1]
On September 7,1876,Talbott married Carrie Madeira,a daughter of the Rev. Dr. Madeira,formerly pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church of Kansas City. They had two sons and one daughter—Addison M.,Lee J.,and Dorothy. Talbott was elected as the city auditor in 1876,1877,and 1878. [2]
As mayor he is said to have ridden the first overhead electric interurban in the world [3] (established by J. C. Henry with the Westport Electric Railway in Kansas City) [4] In 1882,he was one of the original incorporators of the Kansas City Club. [5]
He died in an automobile accident in 1924.
Thomas Theodore Crittenden was a United States colonel during the American Civil War,and a Democratic politician who served as the 24th Governor of Missouri from 1881 to 1885.
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Fay R. Moulton was an Olympic sprinter,American football player and coach,and lawyer. He served as the fifth head football coach at Kansas State Agricultural College,now Kansas State University,holding the position for one season in 1900 and compiling a record of 2–4. Moulton medaled as a sprinter at the 1904 Summer Olympics and the 1906 Intercalated Games.
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Leander James 'Lee' Talbott was an American track and field athlete,tug of war competitor,and wrestler from Kansas City,Missouri. He attended the Mercersburg Academy and was a weight thrower first at Cornell University in 1907 and then at Penn State in 1909. He was a member of the Kansas City Athletic Club,and he competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics as a member of the Irish American Athletic Club. In his prime,Talbott stood 6' 6" inches and weighed 220 lbs.
The Kansas City Club,founded in 1882 and located in the Library District of Downtown Kansas City,Missouri,USA,was the oldest gentlemen's club in Missouri. The club began admitting women members in 1975. Along with the River Club on nearby Quality Hill,it was one of two surviving private city clubs on the Missouri side of Kansas City. Notable members included Presidents Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower,General Omar Bradley,and political boss Tom Pendergast. It ceased operation in 2015.
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Emma Blanche Reineke was an American photographer based in Kansas City,Missouri. She was elected president of the Women's Federation of the Photographers Association of America in 1914,but declined the position.
Carrie Westlake Whitney was an American librarian. Known as the mother of Kansas City. Missouri's library system,she was the first director of the Kansas City Public Library. She moved to Kansas City and worked as a bookkeeper,renting a room from James Greenwood,the Kansas City superintendent. Greenwood hired her in 1881 when the library was still a subscription library,calling her "the smartest woman I have ever known."
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