Van Horn, Robert Thompson

Civil War mayor of Kansas City and member of Congress from Missouri's Sixth District, first as a Democrat and later as a Republican.

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Robert Thompson Van Horn
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Siblings
    4
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    5
    Family

    Henry Van Horn (father), Elizabeth Thompson Van Horn (mother), Adela Honeywood (wife)

    Occupation
    Politician
    Military
    Businessman
    Journalist
    Other
    Other Occupation
    Printer
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Republican
    Government
    Buchanan Administration (1857-61)
    US House of Representatives
    State legislature
    Local government
    Military
    Union Army
    How to Cite This Page: "Van Horn, Robert Thompson," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/47204.