David W. Finney

David Wesley Finney (born August 22, 1839 in Annapolis , Parke County , Indiana , †  November 1, 1916 in Emporia , Kansas ) was an American politician . Between 1881 and 1885 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Kansas.

Career

David Finney grew up on a farm in his homeland. Between 1862 and 1865 he took part in the civil war as a soldier in the Union Army . In the meantime he became a prisoner of war, where he was imprisoned in the notorious Libby Prison . After his release through a prisoner exchange , he returned to the Union Army, where he participated in General William T. Sherman's Georgia campaign . In 1866 he came to Neosho Falls , Kansas, where he worked in the grocery and hardware store . He also worked in the cattle trade. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . In 1867 he was justice of the peace in his new home for some time. He was also a member of the Kansas House of Representatives for some time . Between 1872 and 1880 he was a member of the State Senate . There he chaired a committee to reform the Kansas school system.

In 1880 Finney was elected lieutenant governor of his state alongside John St. John . He held this office after a re-election between January 10, 1881 and January 12, 1885. He was Deputy Governor . From 1883 he served under the new Governor George Washington Glick . He was also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic Veterans Association, where he held the rank of Quartermaster . Since 1869 David Finney was married to Helen H. McConnell, with whom he had two children. He died in Emporia on November 1, 1916.

Web links

• David W. Finney in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard
• The lieutenant governors of Kansas