John Pierce St. John was the eighth Governor of Kansas and a candidate for President of the United States in 1884.
Time in Office: January 13, 1879 - January 8, 1883
Born: February 25, 1833, Brookfield, Indiana.
Died: August 31, 1916, Olathe, Kansas.
Republican lawyer from Olathe.
He was the first Kansas Governor to run for President of the United States, as the Prohibition Party's candidate.
St. John also helped create the Kansas Freedmen's Relief Association during the Great Exodusters movement to Kansas in 1879.
The city of St. John, Kansas, is named after him.
Kansas became a "dry State" during his administration.
Websites about this Governor
- Governor Records - St. John, 1879-1883
- Biography on Wikipedia
- John Pierce St. John Papers, 1859-1917
- Biography on the the National Governors Association Website
- Biennial Messages on the Kansas State Library Website
- St. John Short bio on Britannica
- Guide to the John P. St. John Collection
- American Political Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present St, John Entry
- On October 25, 1884, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about prohibition and the presidential election of 1884.
- St. John Poster available on Allposters.com