Walter Roscoe Stubbs
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Walter Roscoe Stubbs from Wayne County near the Indiana town of Richmond (November 7, 1858 - March 25, 1929) moved to Douglas County, Kansas with his family in 1869. He served as 18th Governor of Kansas from 1909 to 1913. Today, a simple brass plaque reminds visitors of the Stubbs' familty tribute to thought leaders killed or maimed during the Bleeding Kansas era on Freedom's Frontier (1854-1858) ...
- The world of strife shut out. The world of love shut in.
After leaving the office of Governor, Mr. Stubbs returned to his home at Wind(mill) Hill. He was in the cattle raising[1] business with large ranches in Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. The Kansas University Sigma Nu fraternity house in Lawrence was once the home of millionaire railroad contractor Walter Stubbs. [2]
Stubbs built a very successful railroad construction business and was a millionaire before he became involved in state politics. Soon after he entered the state legislature in 1902, Stubbs emerged as the dominant leader of the progressive wing of the Republican Party. Near the end of his second term as governor, Stubbs won his party's nomination for the U.S. Senate but lost the general election in November 1912.[3]
During this period, Kansas has always had at least one Republican United States senator. In 1912 William H. Thompson, Democrat, defeated Gov. Walter R. Stubbs, Republican, for this high office. [4]
As Kansas Governor, he became a staunch opponent of alcohol consumption.
He served as governor from 1909 to 1913 and worked to crack down on bootlegging in the Crawford County, Kansas area known as the “Little Balkans,” where immigrants who were hired to work in strip mines made whiskey to supplement their incomes.
“(Stubbs) was very in favor of prohibition,” says Peak, a criminal justice professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. “The Balkans drove him absolutely nuts. He had his hands full and sent people down to the Balkans to clean it up, but they couldn’t do anything.”[5]
[edit] See also
- Kansas Governors - Alphabetical
- Tragedy of the commons - Public lands open range overgrazing
- Watersheds of Indiana - Community stewardship benchmarks from Stubb's home state.
[edit] References
- ^ Western Watersheds Project
- ^ KSHS Preservation: Wind Hill Mansion
- ^ Essay on Kansas Governors
- ^ 1912 U.S. Senate Race
- ^ LJWorld - May 1, 2006
[edit] External links
- Governor's Information - Biographic profile
- Kansas Characters Timeline - Progressive Era
- Kansas River Basin WRAPS - Kansas Watershed Impact Zones (KWIZ)
- Leaders of Reform: Progressive Republicans in Kansas, 1900-1916
- Walter Roscoe Stubbs - eighteenth governor of Kansas, 1909-1913
- 1907 Brass Plaque still at Stubbs' Windmill Hill, Lawrence Mansion
- Watkins Community Museum of History: Ghost Stories (urban legends)
| Preceded by Edward Wallis Hoch |
Governor of Kansas 1909–1913 |
Succeeded by George Hartshorn Hodges |
| Governors of Kansas |  |
|---|---|
| Robinson • Carney • Crawford • Green • Harvey • Osborn • Anthony • St. John • Glick • Martin • Humphrey • Lewelling • Morrill • Leedy • Stanley • Bailey • Hoch • Stubbs • Hodges • Capper • Allen • Davis • Paulen • Reed • Woodring • Landon • Huxman • Ratner • Schoeppel • Carlson • Hagaman • Arn • Hall • McCuish • G. Docking • Anderson • Avery • R. Docking • Bennett • Carlin • Hayden • Finney • Graves • Sebelius |
