OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
John Palmer Usher

BORN:
January 9, 1816
Brookfield, New York

DIED:
April 13, 1889 (age 73)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1863-1865:
U.S. Secretary of the Interior
1865-1880:
Chief Counsel, Kansas Pacific Railroad 
1879-1881:
Mayor of Lawrence, Kansas

RESOURCES:
Kansas Historical Society
UVA Miller Center
Lehrman Institute
Wikipedia

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