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George Tobey Anthony was seventh Governor of Kansas, and was a second cousin of famous suffragette Susan B. Anthony. Anthony was born to Quakers on a farm outside the town of Mayfield, New York.

 

Time in Office: January 8, 1877 - January 13, 1879

Born: June 9, 1824, Mayfield, New York.

Died: August 5, 1896, Topeka, Kansas.

Republican publisher from Leavenworth.

Anthony Kansas was named after him

Anthony was the first Kansas governor to read his message to the state legislature.

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