Question: who was the founder of kansas state university
Answer: Founded March 21 , 1865 , the university was opened in 1866 , under a charter granted by the Kansas State Legislature in 1864 following enabling legislation passed in 1863 under the Kansas State Constitution , adopted two years after the 1861 admission of the former Kansas Territory as the 34th state into the Union following an internal civil war known as `` Bleeding Kansas '' during the 1850s .