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 John P. St. John - Olathe, Ks. Posted by:  iconions
N 38° 53.032 W 094° 49.042
15S E 342368 N 4305458
This bronze plaque on a concrete and stone plinth is located in Olathe Civic Park - 250 E Santa Fe in Olathe, Ks.
Waymark Code: WMVZ96
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 06/15/2017
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This bronze plaque on a concrete and stone plinth is located in Olathe Civic Park. The plaque is approximately 3 and 1/2 feet off the ground. The pictures of both John P. St. John and of a wagon pulled by oxen - both are in low relief. I believe that the marker was set by the City of Olathe.
(Portrait of John P. St. John)
JOHN P ST. JOHN
Olathean
Governor of Kansas
1879 1883
Presidential Candidate 1884
(picture of Mahaffie Farmstead)
- Marker Text
John Pierce St. John (February 25, 1833 – August 31, 1916) was the eighth Governor of Kansas and a candidate for President of the United States in 1884.
St. John was born in Brookville, Indiana. He served as lieutenant colonel of the 143rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. From 1873 he sat in the Kansas Senate, and was the Republican Governor of Kansas from 1879 to 1883. Active in the temperance movement, he successfully promoted a prohibition amendment to that state's constitution. St. John also helped create the Kansas Freedmen's Relief Association during the Great Exodus of African-Americans to Kansas in 1879.
He was the Prohibition Party candidate for President of the United States in the 1884 election. On October 2, 1884 he was nearly shot, with the bullet hitting the window next to him.[2] He received 147,482 votes (about 1.5%) on a ticket with William Daniel. The election was won by Grover Cleveland of the Democratic Party.
- Wikipedia
Marker Name: John P. St. John
Marker Type: Other (Please identify in marker text)
Marker text:
see long description
Marker Location: Johnson
Name of agency setting marker: Other (Please identify in marker text)
Year Marker Placed: Not listed
Official Marker Number: Not listed
Marker Web Address: Not listed
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