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Legislature on the 5th of October of the has never been firmly established, and at same year, and admitted to his seat in place times he has been compelled to lay aside all of Judge J. A. Halderman on the 5th of study, and even such reading as required October. On the 8th of October, six years thought and attention. Since early manhood later, he was nominated by the Republican he has been seeking those climates most State Convention at Leavenworth for Chief- congenial to his physical constitution, and. Justice, and elected on the 3d of the fol at the age of twenty drifted into Kentucky, lowing month. Prior to that he was United in which State he remained eighteen years, States District Attorney, but resigned upon teaching school, reading law, and practising

his elevation to the as an attorney. Here Supreme Bench. In he held office as November, 1873, Gov County Clerk, County ernor Osborne ap Attorney, and in pointed Judge Crozier 1849-50 and 1851 United States Sena was a member of the tor, in place of Hon. Kentucky Legisla Alexander Caldwell, ture. resigned. He served In 1856 he removed as Senator until the to Iowa, where he election of his succes remained one year. sor, in January, 1874. The following spring, In the fall election of 1857, he emigrated to Kansas and settled on 1876 he was elected District Judge of the a farm in Brown First Judicial District, County. He was not and has since beenconfortunate in his agri tinuously re-elected, cultural experience, re occupying that office mained upon the farm at present. one year, and then moved to Hiawatha, Samuel A. King the county-seat, open man, late Chief-Justice ed a law-office, and of Kansas, son of continued in the prac Isaiah Kingman and J. C STRANG. tice of his profession Lucy, his wife, both of until 1865. • whom lived to the pa In 1859 Judge Kingman was a member triarchal age of ninety years, was born in Worthington, Mass., on the 26th of June, of the Wyandotte Convention, which framed the present Constitution of the State. The 1 8 18. He received such educational ad vantages as the common schools and same year he was elected Associate Justice academies of his home afforded, attaining of the Supreme Court of Kansas, and took his seat upon the admission of the State considerable proficiency in the higher math ematics as was practicable at that day in into the Union in 1861, holding the position such institutions. His regular attendance for four years. In 1864 Judge Kingman was defeated in at school ceased when he had arrived at the age of seventeen, but his entire life has been his candidacy for re-election as Associate devoted to study and general literature, as Justice, but two years later was elected Chieffar as the precarious state of his health and Justice, and at the end of his term of six his public duties would permit. His health years, in 1872, was re-elected. In 1S77 the