Preston B. Plumb

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Preston B. Plumb

Preston Bierce Plumb (born October 12, 1837 in Delaware County , Ohio , †  December 20, 1891 in Washington DC ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Kansas in the US Senate .

After attending a preparatory school, Preston Plumb began an apprenticeship as a printer . He then acquired the newspaper Xenia News , whose editor-in-chief he also became. In 1856 he moved to Lawrence in the Kansas Territory , where he joined the anti- slavery movement during the Border War . The following year he was one of the founders of the city of Emporia , where he also published a new newspaper with the Kansas News . In 1859 he took part in the Constitutional Convention of Kansas in Leavenworth .

Preston Plumb graduated from law school in 1861 and was admitted to the bar. The following year he was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives for the first time politically active and worked as a rapporteur for the Supreme Court of the state before he finally took an active part in the Civil War as a soldier in the Union Army . He rose from Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel and performed his service on the eastern border of Kansas until October 1864, where there were skirmishes with Confederate partisans from Missouri . His regiment also fought against Indians in Nebraska and was later involved in battles against Sterling Price's forces during the Missouri Raid . On September 26, 1865, Plumb retired from the army.

After the war he continued his political career as a member of the State House of Representatives from 1867 to 1868; at times he was the speaker of the parliamentary chamber. He then served as a prosecutor in Lyon County and as President of the Emporia National Bank before he was elected to the US Senate in 1877 for the Republicans. There he took over from James Madison Harvey on March 4, 1877 . In Congress he was among other things chairman of the Committee on Public Lands . Plumb was re-elected in 1883 and 1888; he died in office in 1891 and was buried in Emporia.

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  • Preston B. Plumb in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Plumb, Preston B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plumb, Preston Bierce (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician (Republican Party)
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Delaware County , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1891
Place of death Washington, DC