Richard W. Blue | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromKansas'sat-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | |
| Preceded by | William A. Harris |
| Succeeded by | Jeremiah D. Botkin |
| Member of theKansas Senate | |
| In office 1880-1888 | |
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| Born | (1841-09-08)September 8, 1841 |
| Died | January 28, 1907(1907-01-28) (aged 65) |
| Party | Republican Party |
| Alma mater | Monongalia Academy Washington College |
Richard Whiting Blue (September 8, 1841 – January 28, 1907) was a farmer, teacher, lawyer, judge, state senator, andU.S. Representative. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He lived in Virginia and thenKansas.
Born nearParkersburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), Blue worked on a farm in the summertime and studied in the select schools of that locality during the winter season.He attendedMonongalia Academy,Morgantown, Virginia, in 1859 andWashington (Pennsylvania) College until his enlistment, on June 29, 1863, as a private in Company A of the3rd West Virginia Infantry Regiment, during theCivil War.He became second and then first lieutenant of the company.Honorably discharged May 22, 1866, atLeavenworth, Kansas, when he returned toGrafton, West Virginia.He taught school.He studied law.He wasadmitted to the bar in Virginia, and commenced practice inLinn County, Kansas, in 1871.Probate judge of Linn County 1872–1876.County attorney 1876–1880.He served as member of the State senate 1880–1888.
Blue was elected as aRepublican to theFifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to theFifty-fifth Congress.He engaged in the practice of law until his death inBartlesville,Washington County,Oklahoma, January 28, 1907.He was interred in Pleasanton Cemetery,Pleasanton, Kansas.
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