A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . anti-slavery people increased and Missouri and the South appealedfor southern men to settle in Kansas. This they refused to do,although they hoped to see Kansas a slave state. The reason oftheir refusal was the danger of losing their slave property. In1857 civil war was stopped by the United States election was held, and Kansas elected an antislavery legisla-ture. The struggle for Kansas was over; the antislavery forceshad won. But the Kansas Border
A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . anti-slavery people increased and Missouri and the South appealedfor southern men to settle in Kansas. This they refused to do,although they hoped to see Kansas a slave state. The reason oftheir refusal was the danger of losing their slave property. In1857 civil war was stopped by the United States election was held, and Kansas elected an antislavery legisla-ture. The struggle for Kansas was over; the antislavery forceshad won. But the Kansas Border Troubles were not will be considered under Governor Stewarts administra-tion. Administration of Governor Robert M. Stewart,1857-1860 The election of 1856 in Missouri was another Democraticvictory. The Whig party had passed and a new party calledthe American party was in the field, followed by the old Whigvoters. The new Republican party did not appear in Missouriin 1856, although it had out a national ticket. This election alsomarked the passing of Benton. He was badly defeated for Missouri Politics, 1844-1860 141. TRUSTEN POLK governor. The successful candidate for that office was Trus-ten Polk. The Legislature elected was strongly prosouthernand anti-Benton. Governor Polk was a nativeoi Maryland. He was a lawyerand made his home in St. few days after he becamegovernor he was elected, in 1857,United States Senator for six yearsto succeed Senator Henry He was strongly pro-southern and was expelled fromthe Senate in 1862 on the chargeof disloyalty. The same Legisla-ture elected James S. Green, ofLewis county, as the other UnitedStates Senator. Senator Green,who was a lawyer, was a nativeof Virginia. He was one of the ablest, if not the foremost,orator Missouri has produced. Although a young man he•had held important public positionsand was one of the leaders of theDemocratic party in Missouri. Hedid more through his publicspeeches to defeat Benton
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