Oct 31, 2018 · Michael Bushnell Northeast News Election season is in full swing and right along with that we’ve got two vintage political postcards from the November election of 1908. First off “our next Congressman,” William Patterson Borland.

Nov 8, 2016 · A time when elections were rigged. Everything you wanted to know about Tom Pendergast. We love this site. State Historical Society of Missouri. http://shsmo.org/historicmissourians/name/p/pendergast/

Nov 27, 2016 · The Shoot-Out Election of 1934 and Its Red Bridge Connection. By Paul Edelman. Another era in Kansas City took raucous rough and tumble politics to another level. The Pendergast Democratic political machine arose in 1920s KC as a response to Prohibition and Depression economic woes.

The April 6, 1870 edition of the Kansas City Journal of Commerce details the way that Black people, who for the first time were able to cast a ballot in a city election, were disenfranchised at the...

The alleged murder occurred "during a city election in Kansas City at a restaurant located at 5824 Swope Parkway, two doors from the polling place for the 25th precinct of the 16th ward." Gadwood was the "rabbit" faction ward leader and Flacy was a "goat" faction precinct captain.

Elections: in Kansas City Page(s) 158, 255-256. Publication Reference. Truman: the rise to power. Author. Miller, Richard Lawrence. ... McGraw-Hill. Year of Publication. 1986. Publication ID. 50. Kansas City Public Library Missouri Valley Special Collections 14 West 10th Street Kansas City, MO 64105 816-701-3427 [email protected]. Last ...

Kansas City politics in the 1920s and 1930s were run by the political machine of Tom Prendergast. Corruption in the form of election fraud, political favoritism, and widespread gambling and bootlegging abounded, making Kansas City notorious throughout the nation. The power that the machine wielded was so

The Sentinel has discovered that there is a Radical party in existence in this county, and describes it as their '"strong and unprincipled enemy" to defeat which in the coming election "it will require all our strength" -- all of which is unfortunate for the Sentinel.

In Tuesday's special municipal election, Kansas Citians overwhelmingly voted in favor of changing the historic boulevard back to its original name...

The 1964 Kansas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964.Republican nominee William H. Avery defeated Democratic nominee Harry G. Wiles with 50.9% of the vote.. This marks the last time in Kansas history that the elected Governor was of the same party as the outgoing Governor.