Wilson Shannon
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Wilson Shannon was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as both governor of Ohio and territorial governor of Kansas during the turbulent “Bleeding Kansas” period.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wilson Shannon canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1802-02-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Belmont County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1877-08-30 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Lawrence, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Ohio State University (law studies predecessor institutions context)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ohio University NERFINISHED ⓘ Transylvania University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | George Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
law
ⓘ
politics ⓘ |
| givenName | Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| mother | Jane Milligan Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Sacking of Lawrence (1856) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in conflicts between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in Kansas Territory
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serving as Governor of Ohio ⓘ serving as Territorial Governor of Kansas during Bleeding Kansas ⓘ |
| numberOfTermsInOffice | 2 (as Governor of Ohio, non-consecutive partial terms counted as one elected term) ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime |
1844-04-03
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1856-08-18 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime |
1842-12-12
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1855-09-07 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Ohio
ⓘ
Territorial Governor of Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Andrew Reeder (as Territorial Governor of Kansas)
NERFINISHED
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Thomas Corwin (as Governor of Ohio) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| representedIn | U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 17th congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Cadiz, Ohio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lawrence, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signature | signature of Wilson Shannon ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Ellis Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
John W. Geary (as Territorial Governor of Kansas)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomas W. Bartley (as Governor of Ohio) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termEnd | 1855-03-03 ⓘ |
| termStart | 1853-03-04 ⓘ |
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