Jeremiah Dunham Botkin was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Kansas

Kansas

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Born near Atlanta, Illinois

Atlanta, Illinois

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, Botkin attended the country schools.
Spent one year at De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana

Greencastle, Indiana

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He pursued theological studies, and entered the Methodist ministry in 1870.
He was an unsuccessful Prohibition candidate for Governor of Kansas in 1888.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth

54th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Adlai E. Stevenson * President pro tempore: William P. Frye - Majority leadership :* Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman- Minority leadership :...

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Chaplain of the Kansas Senate

Kansas Senate

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 in 1897.

Botkin was elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fifth

55th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:* Republican: 206 * Democratic: 124* Populist: 22* Silver Republican: 3* Silver: 1* Independent Republican: 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Garret Hobart * President pro tempore: William P...

 Congress (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1899).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth

56th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Garret Hobart , until November 21, 1899 , vacant thereafter.* President pro tempore: William P. Frye * Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones...

 Congress.
He resumed ministerial duties.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1908.
Warden of the State penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas

Lansing, Kansas

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 from 1913 to 1915.
He again resumed his ministerial duties.
He became a Chautauqua lecturer in 1921.
He died in Liberal, Kansas

Liberal, Kansas

Liberal is the county seat of Seward County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 20,525.- History :S.S. Rogers built the first house in what would become Liberal in 1872. Rogers became famous in the region for giving water to weary travelers...

, December 29, 1921.
He was interred in Winfield Cemetery, Winfield, Kansas

Winfield, Kansas

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