SENATOR JOHN JAMES INGALLS KANSAS' IRIDESCENT REPUBLICAN
signed first edition Hardcover
1972 · Lawrence, Manhattan, Wichita
by WILLIAMS, BURTON J
Lawrence, Manhattan, Wichita: University Press of Kansas, 1972. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Frontispiece portrait of Ingalls.Mr. Ingalls served as U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1873-1891. He favored high tariffs, pensions, Negro civil rights, free silver, and the regulation of trusts. He opposed prohibition, women's suffrage, Democrats in general, and President Cleveland in particular! His sharp rhetoric made more enemies than friends. 201pp.. First Book Edition, First Issue. Brown Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo. (Inventory #: 011548)