Melville J. Salter
Melville J. Salter | |
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Lieutenant Governor of Kansas | |
In office 1875โ1877 | |
Preceded by | Elias S. Stover |
Succeeded by | Lyman U. Humphrey |
Melville Judson Salter (born Sardinia, New York, June 20, 1834;[1] died Pawnee Station, Kansas, March 12, 1896[2]) was a politician and civic leader who was twice elected the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Kansas serving under Governor Thomas A. Osborn.
Salter's family left their farm in New York and moved to
Salter served on the board of trustees of the Kansas State Agricultural College (now Kansas State University) from 1875 to 1880, and served as the chairman for four years.[7]
Salter was a strict Baptist, and one source tells the story of how, asked to organize a dance for the governor, Lt. Gov. Salter instead read psalms and prayers until all the musicians left.[8]
Salter married Sarah Hinkle in 1856; they had three sons. His son Lewis A. Salter (1858-1916), a lawyer and businessman, married Susanna M. Kinsey, who as Susanna M. Salter became the first elected female mayor in the United States.[9]
References
- ^ History of the State of Kansas, William G. Cutler, "Montgomery County"
- ^ "Kansas Historical Society website, list of lieutenant governors with brief bios". Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
- ^ A Standard History of Oklahoma, Volume 4, American Historical Society, 1916, Joseph Bradfield Thoburn, p. 1551-2
- ^ The Baptist Encyclopaedia, William Cathcart, Philadelphia: Everts, 1881, p. 1023, entry "Lieut.-Gov. Melville Judson Salter"
- ^ William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas online
- ^ Portrait and Biographical Album of Sumner County, Kansas, Chicago: Chapman bros., 1890, p. 208, entry "Lewis A. Salter"
- ^ Nineteenth Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas Historical Society, ed. William Connelly, Topeka: Kansas State Printing Office, 1915, p. 130
- ^ Jeremiah Mickel autobiography
- ^ Susanna Madora Salter-First Woman Mayor (Kansas Collection-Kansas Historical Quarterlies)