Bishop W. Perkins

Bishop Walden Perkins ( born October 18, 1841 in Rochester, Lorain County, Ohio, † June 20 1894 in Washington DC ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of Kansas in both chambers of the U.S. Congress.

After attending the public schools continued his education at the Perkins Bishop Knox College in Galesburg ( Illinois) continues. Subsequently he worked as a prospector in California and New Mexico before he joined during the Civil War, the Union Army and rose there until the Captain. After the war he studied at the Ottawa law, was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Princeton.

Later, Perkins moved to Kansas, where he settled in Oswego and continued to work as a lawyer. For two years he was employed as a lawyer with the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad; In 1869, he was prosecutor in Labette County. From 1870 to 1882, he served there as restructuring judge; during this time he also worked as editor of the Oswego Register.

On March 4, 1883 Bishop Perkins moved as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives of the United States, where he remained after three re-election to March 3, 1891, before he the populists Benjamin H. Clover defeated in his fifth nomination. On January 1, 1892, he was appointed to succeed the late U.S. Senator Preston B. Plumb. This mandate he held until March 3, 1893 before replaced him victorious in the by-election John Martin. After Perkins worked again as a lawyer in Washington, where he died the following year.

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