Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-06
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Whence Came Our Candidate 2
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Hon. Geo. w. Click, the present Demo
cratic candida e for governor of Kansas, is
of German AID Scotch descent, German on
his fathers, and Scotch on his mothers
side. He was born t Greeucastle, Fai :
field Corpty, Ohio, Jelly 4, 1897. He re
ceiyed in early life fair English edccation.
and ;7sade some attainments in the higher
mathematics and the languages, to which
foundation through lie he has greatlyad-
ded by close application, untn ing zeal aud
great perseverance.
Wheel Gov. Click was five yeas of age
his parents removed to IF ,emont, Ohio,
where after scouting his education he enter
ed the law Office OF Bccklaud d Hayes
the latter gentleman ,of the firm after
wards Occppied Tilden's execr, We chair i'm
the White Hodse) in which he strdied law
two years. He WIS adm lid to .he bar by
the Srpreme Cou.S at Cinciupati, such men
as Pendleiou, Groyn, Lolg, A1de. son and
Harrington, ac~ng as exam ding co.lmii-
tee. He enteled at once ppoa tie practice
of the law atFreulont, Ohio, and i'm Short
time Acquired q ,eprta:ion which gave
him Il very srccessfiIl and lrcrative pract;ce.
In 1858 he was no.ri latad in his disSfct
fot Congress by tie De rocrats, but declined
tie honor. Tie same fall he was nomiua-
ted fof Sac Senator making the race
against his prcceptoi, Mr.. Erc.,laDG, and
polled 1850 more than his parry vote. He
was elecUed Judge Advo, ate General of The
Iecond Regiment of tle Seventeenth Divis-
iol of the Ohio Militia, with tue rank of
Colonel, AID was commissioned by Gov.
Chase.
In 1859 he removed to Atchson, Kansas,
and. commenced piac.ici1g his professor,
which lie cOnt;nred until 1874, when re
was compelled to retire on account of
throat affiict;on. The fiimat Atchison was
Otis & Click, aud lasted for fifteen years.
Gov. Click in the years 1853, '64, '6., '66,
'67, rs, and 80, WAS -lecteG to the Kansas
House of Represen atives from the City of
Atchison, although Ewing in strong Re-
publican Gist. ,ct, GA accor at OF his fairness-
ASA leader and his recognized ability and
capacity for rsesulnecs to his constituents.
For FIVE years he was chairman of the
Judiciary Committee of be House, and
Que session was Speaker pro TEN. He was
elected for one ierm 10 the State Senate
N 1873. i'm 1888 he ran for Governor on
the Demoraitic ticket receiving 1000 votes
more than Gov. Seymo.e, De.nocratic can
diChte for Presi dent. He has also for ole
or more terms been County Commissioned
of Atcnison cou1;y-in 1877 being elecred
to.that posit'o VILE absent from home.
Governor Click is member of the Ma
solic F'aierJitv, and aided in establishing
the lot:ge at A'c1isOn. He also organized
Shannon Hill Grange of the Pat, ons of
HusbaDdry, and was the first N aste,. He
has britt seve' al bCsiless houses, and aided
other pa lies i'm G ectiIg large number of
dwelling horses in the City of Atchison
for the past len yeSrs he has been engaged
in fai ming and stock rails ng, and has
fine farm FIVE miles west of Atchison and
overlooking the city and tie Nilsson, River.