Kansas--Nominated For?

These men were nominated for many jobs, the information is only a line or two and doesn’t sound like much but in fact it is, although this information is short you well learn three things you may not have known about you ancestor before. You well learn where he was, what one of his jobs were and were it was. This information will give you a starting point to look for information on your ancestor.
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1869.

Nominated for:

1. P. B. Maxon, of Kansas, to be register of the land office at Humboldt, Kans., vice Nathaniel S. Goss, resigned.

2. George W. Martin, of Kansas, to be register of the land office at Junction City, Kans., vice James R. McClure, removed.

3. Watson Stewart, of Kansas, to be register of the land office at Humboldt, Kans., vice Nathaniel S. Gross, resigned.

1870.

Nominated for:

1. John H. Smith, to be deputy postmaster at Paola, Kans.

2. James R. Brown, to be deputy postmaster at Olathe, Kans.

3. James W. Rice, to be deputy postmaster at Garnett, Kans.

4. Ogilvie H. Sheldon, to be postmaster at Burlingame, Kans.

5. Archibald M. Campbell, to be postmaster at Saline, Kans.

6. Josiah H. Pillsbury, to be postmaster at Manhattan, Kans.

7. Samuel D. Houston, of Kansas, whose term of office has expired, to be receiver of public moneys of the district of lands subject of sale at Junction City, Kans.

8. Peter L. Earnest, to be deputy postmaster at Ottawa, Kans.

9. Elisabeth Trask to be postmaster at Emporia, Kans.

1871.

Nominated for:

1. Thomas L. Bond, of Kansas, to be register of the land office at Salina, Kans., to take effect May 1, 1871.

2. Daniel R. Wagstaff, of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Salina, Kans., to take effect May 1, 1871.

3. Charles B. Lines, of Kansas, to be pension agent at Topeka, Kans., to take effect February 5, 1871, when his present term of office will expire.

4. David B. Emmert, of Kansas, whose term of office has expired, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Humboldt, Kans.

5. R. J. Monroe, to be receiver of the public moneys for the district of Topeka, Kans.

6. George Merrill, of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Topeka, Kans., vice Joel Huntoon, whose term of office has expired.

7. P. B. Maxson, of Kansas, to be register of the land office at Humboldt, Kans., Vice Watson Stewart, who was suspended during the recess of the Senate.

8. Milton W. Reynolds, of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Humboldt, Kans., vice David B. Emmert, to be removed.

1872.

Nominated for:

1. William S. Jenkins, of Kansas, who was commissioned during the recess of the Senate, to be register of the land office at Wichita, Kans.

1873.

Nominated for:

1. W. W. Martin, of Kansas, to be register of the land office at Independence, Kans., vice P. B. Maxon, to be removed.

2. George W. Burchard, of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Independence, Kans., vice Milton W. Reynolds, to be removed.

3. E. S. Nicholls, of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Independence, Kans., vice Milton W. Reynolds, to be removed.

4. William H. Fitzpatrick, of Kansas, to be register of the land office at Topeka, Kans., vice Ira H. Smith, whose term of office has expired.

5. Henry M. Waters, of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Independence, Kans., to take effect December 1, 1873, vice E. S. Nicholls, who has resigned.


1874.

Nominated for:

1. Calvin Reasoner, of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Cawker City, Kans., vice Thomas Plowman, who has resigned.
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2. C. C. Vance, of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Cawker City, Kans., vice Thomas Plowman, who has resigned.

3. The Secretary be directed to furnish Messrs. Green and Foster, of Leavenworth, Kans., a certified copy of the confirmation of Cassius G. Foster to be district judge of the United States for the district of Kansas, in place of Mark Delaha, resigned.

4. P. Hodgson to be deputy postmaster at Ellsworth, Kans.

5. J. M. Hodge, of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Cawker City, Kans., vice Thomas Plowman, resigned.

6. John M. Allen, of Kansas, to be pension agent at Topeka, Kans., vice Charles B. Lines, to be removed.

1875.

Nominated for:

1. Charles B. Lines, of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Topeka, Kans., to take effect March 20, 1875, when the term of office of George Merrill, the present incumbent, will expire.