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Preston B. Plumb
Born in Delaware County, Plumb came to Marysville at nine, learned the printing trade there and went to Kenyon College. He moved to Kansas, served as a Union officer and was a U.S. senator from Kansas from 1877 until his death.
At a glance
- Born
- 1837-10-12
- Died
- 1891-12-20
- Education
- Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
- Known as
- Politician, Newspaper, Military
- Organizations
- 11th Kansas Infantry
Life story
Preston Bierce Plumb was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1837 and moved to Marysville at age nine. There he learned the printing trade, and he also attended Kenyon College.
He went to Kansas, served in the Kansas House in 1862 and again in 1867-1868, when he was speaker. In the Civil War he joined the 11th Kansas Infantry (later the 11th Kansas Cavalry) in 1862 and rose to lieutenant colonel.
Elected U.S. Senator in 1877, 1883 and 1888, he chaired the Committee on Public Lands in several sessions. He died in Washington in 1891 and was buried in Emporia, Kansas.
Timeline
- 1837-10-12: Born in Delaware County (OH) source
- 1846: Moves to Marysville (age nine) (Marysville, OH) source
- 1862: Joins Union Army with the 11th Kansas Infantry; Kansas House (Kansas) source
- 1868: Speaker of the Kansas House (Topeka, KS) source
- 1877: Elected U.S. Senator (Washington, DC) source
- 1891-12-20: Dies in Washington (Washington, DC) source
What Preston is known for
- U.S. Senator from Kansas 1877-1891
- Speaker of the Kansas House, 1868
Honors and things named for them
- U.S. Senator from Kansas
Places in Ohio to see
- Maplewood Cemetery (grave, Kansas) (grave)
Emporia, Lyon (Kansas) County official page
Ohio places
Where Preston B. Plumb was born, lived, worked and is remembered, with the ZIP code, town and county pages for each.
- Lived: Marysville, Union County ZIP 43040 · Marysville · Union County
- Buried: Emporia, Kansas (Maplewood Cemetery), Lyon (Kansas) County
Further reading
Sources
Confidence. Medium: the main facts were confirmed, but some details (often an address or ZIP code) were not.
- Wikipedia: Preston B. Plumb birth Delaware County; Marysville from age 9; printing; Kenyon; Kansas career; Senate; burial Maplewood
