Alfred Fairfax

Started by W. Gray, March 11, 2010, 11:52:40 AM

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W. Gray

March 11, 2010, 11:52:40 AM

Alfred Fairfax, Peru, elected as Kansas state legislature representative from Chautauqua County, 1888.




"If one of the many corrupt...county-seat contests must be taken by way of illustration, the choice of Howard County, Kansas, is ideal." Dr. Everett Dick, The Sod-House Frontier, 1854-1890.
"One of the most expensive county-seat wars in terms of time and money lost..." Dr. Homer E Socolofsky, KSU

Wilma

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March 11, 2010, 12:28:13 PM
Do you know anythng else about him?

W. Gray

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March 11, 2010, 01:21:06 PM
A member of the Republican Party, no less. One might note, though, that the Republican Party was viewed as the "pro black" party in those days. Today, the Democrat Party has that distinction.

He was Born in Virginia in 1840.

He was a former slave and the first black man elected to either house in the Kansas legislature.

He had a 200 acre farm near Peru.

He served but one two year term and was chairman of the House Committee on Immigration (immigration into Kansas).

More info is at
http://www.kshs.org/places/capitol/representatives/fairfax_alfred.htm
"If one of the many corrupt...county-seat contests must be taken by way of illustration, the choice of Howard County, Kansas, is ideal." Dr. Everett Dick, The Sod-House Frontier, 1854-1890.
"One of the most expensive county-seat wars in terms of time and money lost..." Dr. Homer E Socolofsky, KSU
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