George Washington Glick

George Washington Glick ( born July 4, 1827 Fairfield County, Ohio, † April 13, 1911 in Atchison, Kansas ) was an American politician and from 1883 to 1885, the ninth Governor of the State of Kansas.

Early years and political rise

George Glick attended the Ohio Central College and then studied law. After qualifying as a lawyer in 1850, he practiced in Fremont and Sandusky. In 1857, he became a lawyer of the National Guard of Ohio ( Judge Advocate ). In 1858 he moved to Atchison, Kansas. There he became a partner in a law firm. In the Civil War he took part as a soldier in an infantry unit from Kansas. Already in Ohio in 1858, he had attempted unsuccessfully for a place in the local Senate. As a member of the Democratic Party, he was a delegate to the national conventions of 1856, 1868, 1884 and 1892 Between 1864 and 1869 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Kansas.; 1873 to 1879 he sat in the State Senate He was also responsible for the finances of the Centennial Exhibition in 1876. In 1868, he ran unsuccessfully for the post of governor of Kansas. In 1882, he was luckier. After he had received from his party 's nomination, he was elected by the voters as the first Democrat in the Office of the Governor of Kansas, where he defeated the Republican incumbent John St. John with 46:42 percent of the vote.

Governor of Kansas

Glick's two-year term began on January 8, 1883. His term was very successful. In Leavenworth, a home for war veterans was built. For control of the railroads of the railway committee was created. After it had come to Ohio as a result of a flood supply shortage, much grain from Kansas has been sent as a relief measure to Ohio. After Kansas was hit by foot- and -mouth disease, now a commission to improve medical care cattle ( Livestock sanitary commission ) was established. At that time, was also in Kansas, the first association that fought for women's suffrage ( Womans ' Suffrage Association). At that time, however, by the federal government, which was founded Haskell Institute, which was also the Indians were taught. George Glick competed unsuccessfully in 1884 for his re-election.

Further CV

After the end of his tenure, he was from 1885 to 1889 manager of the Pension Fund ( Pension Agent ) in Topeka. Between 1902 and 1903 he was chairman of the Agriculture Committee of Kansas, and in 1908 he was president of the Kansas Historical Society. George Glick died in 1911. He was married to Elizabeth Ryder, with whom he had two children.