Tyner, Kansas | |
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| Coordinates: 39°54′47″N98°57′59″W / 39.91306°N 98.96639°W Coordinates: 39°54′47″N98°57′59″W / 39.91306°N 98.96639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Smith |
| Elevation | 1,982 ft (604 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 482600 [1] |
Tyner was a small settlement in Smith County, Kansas, United States.
Tyner was issued a post office in 1881. The post office was discontinued in 1904. [2]
James Noble Tyner was a lawyer, U.S. Representative and U.S. Postmaster-General from Indiana. Tyner was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1869 serving three terms until 1875. While in the House, Tyner opposed granting railroad subsidies, promoted gradual western industrial expansion, and spoke out against Congressional franking privilege. In 1873, Tyner voted for the Salary Grab pay raise and bonus that prevented him from getting the fourth-term Republican Congressional nomination. President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Tyner Second Assistant Postmaster-General in 1875 then U.S. Postmaster-General in 1876 serving until 1877. Tyner served as Assistant Postmaster-General under President Rutherford B. Hayes until 1881. In October 1881 Tyner was forced to resign his Assistant Postmaster-General position by President Chester A. Arthur, for his assumed knowledge of Star Route postal frauds and for giving his son, whom Tyner had appointed Superintendent of the Chicago Post Office, a $1,000 salary increase. Afterwards, Tyner served as Assistant Attorney to the U.S. Post Office Department from 1889 to 1893 and from 1897 to 1903. Tyner was forced to resign his office of Assistant Attorney by Postmaster-General Henry C. Payne in April 1903, whereupon under investigation Tyner was indicted and put on trial for fraud and bribery charges. Tyner was acquitted from all charges for lack of evidence after his family controversially removed pertinent papers from his office safe. In poor health, Tyner died the following year. After a brief biographical article of Tyner in 1906, modern historical research on his life and career has been limited. Initially coming into Washington as a mid west Representative and reformer, Tyner's political career would be associated by controversy and scandal. He was the last surviving Grant cabinet who served in federal office into the 20th Century. Tyner, an expert in the Postal Service, was appointed and served as a delegate to the International Postal Congresses in 1878 and 1897, having the confidence of Republican Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley.
Tyner is an unincorporated community located in Jackson County, Kentucky, United States. The town is located at the junction of U.S. Route 421 and Kentucky Route 3630. Tyner currently has a post office and a Dollar General store at the town's center, with a gas station one mile north on US 421. The community's elementary school is located three miles west along KY 3630. Although the town its self is small in size and could be considered a hamlet, a lot of the area in southeast Jackson County is called Tyner by locals. This is evidenced by Lake Beulah, a reservoir two miles north of the community, which is closer to the neighboring Gray Hawk community, being called Tyner Lake by locals.
Tyner is an unincorporated community in Polk Township, Marshall County, Indiana. Originally named Tyner City, it is named after Thomas Tyner. He died in 1880, and is buried in the town's cemetery.
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