Jeremiah D. Botkin

Jeremiah Dunham Botkin (* April 24, 1849 in Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois, † December 29, 1921 in Liberal, Kansas ) was an American politician. Between 1897 and 1899 he represented the state of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jeremiah Botkin attended the public schools of his home and then for a year DePauw University in Greencastle (Indiana). After studying theology, he started working in 1870 as a minister of the Methodist Church. In 1888 he applied unsuccessfully as a candidate of the Prohibition movement for the Office of the Governor of Kansas. In 1894, he ran unsuccessfully as the U.S. Congress. In 1897, Botkin was chaplain of the Senate of Kansas. Meanwhile, he had become a member of the Populist movement resulting from the Farmer Party.

1896 Botkin was for the eighth deputy seat of Kansas, who was elected state far, in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1897 the succession of Republican Richard W. Blue, whom he had defeated in the election. But as he in the election of 1898 the Republicans Willis Bailey subject, Botkin was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1899. This was determined by the events of the Spanish - American War.

After the end of his time in Congress Botkin worked again as a clergyman. In 1908 he ran again unsuccessfully for the office of governor of Kansas. Between 1913 and 1915 he was head of the state prison in Lansing. Then he continued his religious career. Jeremiah Botkin died in December 1921 in Liberal, and was buried in Winfield.