The Kansas Republican Convention met in Topeka to nominate candidates for the upcoming state and federal elections. They nominated sitting governor S. J. Crawford for re-election and Sidney Clarke to return to Congress. The tone of the convention was reported as "radical" and resolutions strongly condemned President Johnson and his policies, while one called for putting an amendment to the state constitution before the people to remove the word "white" wherever it appeared. Almost all those nominated were successful in the November election. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Kansas," The American Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1866 (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873), 422.
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