Bishop W. Perkins
 Bishop Walden Perkins (October 18 1841 – June 20 1894) was a United States Representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Rochester Ohio he attended the common schools and Knox College (Galesburg Illinois). He prospected for gold through California and New Mexico from 1860 to 1862 and served four years in the Union Army during the Civil War as sergeant adjutant and captain.