Charles Branscomb
Charles Henry Branscomb (June 16, 1822 – January 3, 1891) was a person in the New England Emigrant Aid Society. He and Charles L. Robinson helped create the city of Lawrence, Kansas in 1854.
Charles Branscomb | |
|---|---|
| Kansas Territorial representative | |
| Member of the Missouri House of Representatives | |
| In office 1867–1869 | |
| United States consul to England | |
| In office 1869–1874 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 16, 1822 Newmarket, New Hampshire |
| Died | January 3, 1891 (aged 68) Denver, Colorado |
| Political party | Republican Prohibition[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Georgia Hubbard Branscomb (first) Emily Taylor Branscomb (second)[2] |
| Education | Dartmouth College (B.A.) Cambridge Law School (J.D.) |
Life
Branscomb was born in Newmarket, New Hampshire on June 16, 1822.[3][4] He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1845, and he graduated from Cambridge in 1848.[5] In the 1850s, he joined the New England Emigrant Aid Company.
In 1854, he and Charles Robinson went to the Kansas Territory. They were looking for a good place to make a city.[5][6] They found a place, and it became Lawrence, Kansas. He led the first people to Lawrence.[7][8]
In the 1860s, Branscomb moved to St. Louis.[9] In 1874, he came back to Lawrence. He ran for Governor of Kansas, but he lost.[2][1] In 1890, he moved to Denver, Colorado. He died on January 3, 1891 of pneumonia.[2][10]
Election history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Martin | 149,715 | 54.74 | |
| Democrat | Thomas Moonlight | 115,667 | 42.29 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Prohibition Party/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | [[Prohibition Party|Template:Prohibition Party/meta/shortname]] | Charles Branscomb | 8,094 | 2.96 |
| Total votes | 273,476 | 99.99 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "KS Governor [1886]". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 7, 2018. Note: the website misspells Branscomb's last name as "Brancombe".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Charles H. Branscomb". Lawrence Daily Journal. February 21, 1891. http://kansashistoricalopencontent.newspapers.com/image/59647236. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Newmarket Town Records" (PDF). The New Hampshire Genealogical Record. 6 (1): 158. 1909. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ Chapman, George (1867). Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Riverside Press. p. 354.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Branscomb, Charles H.". Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, etc.. (1912). Ed. Blackmar, Frank. Chicago, IL: Standard Publishing Company.
- ↑ Cordley, Richard (1895). A History of Lawrence, Kansas: From the Earliest Settlement to the Close of the Rebellion. Lawrence, KS: Lawrence Journal Press. p. 3-4.
- ↑ Cordley, Richard (1895). A History of Lawrence, Kansas: From the Earliest Settlement to the Close of the Rebellion. Lawrence, KS: Lawrence Journal Press. p. 4-5.
- ↑ Connelley, William (1918). A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans. Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Company. p. 360.
- ↑ "A Good Candidate". Daily Kansas Tribune. October 23, 1866. http://kansashistoricalopencontent.newspapers.com/image/60856145. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Chas. H. Branscomb Dead: One of the Earliest Settlers of Lawrence Dies at Denver". Lawrence Daily Gazette. February 4, 1891. http://kansashistoricalopencontent.newspapers.com/image/366124097. Retrieved August 7, 2018.