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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
erritory. On the 23d another convention of legal voters assembled at Topeka and framed a State constitution. It was approved by the legal vote of the Territory. It made Kansas a free-labor State, and under this constitution they asked for admission into the Union, as such. The strife between freedom and slavery was then transferred to the national capital. Reeder made a contest for a seat in Congress with the delegate chosen by the illegal votes. Meanwhile, elections had been held (Jan. 17, 1856) in Kansas under the legally adopted new State constitution, and matters seemed very dark for the pro-slavery party in Kansas, when President Pierce, in a message to Congress (Jan. 24, 1856), represented the action of the legal voters in the Territory in framing a State constitution as rebellion. All through the ensuing spring violence and bloodshed prevailed in the unhappy Territory. Seeing the determination of the actual settlers to maintain their rights, armed men flocked into the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wisconsin, (search)
pronounces the law unconstitutional......Feb. 3, 1855 William A. Barstow, Democrat, ex-governor, and Coles Bashford, Republican, each claiming to be elected governor by the people, take the oath of office, the one at the capitol, the other in the Supreme Court room......Jan. 7, 1856 Assembly recognizes Barstow as governor and the Senate as governor de facto......Jan. 10, 1856 Supreme Court of Wisconsin summons Barstow to show by what authority he claims to hold the office.......Jan. 17, 1856 Supreme Court decides that Barstow has been counted in upon fraudulent returns; Lieutenant-Governor McArthur fills the office for four days, when Coles Bashford assumes office......March 21, 1856 First railway reaches the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien......April 15, 1857 First Wisconsin Regiment mustered into service......May 17, 1861 About 700 Confederate prisoners are received at Camp Randall, Madison......April, 1862 Governor Harvey dies on his way to the battle