Charles Eskridge (other)
Charles Eskridge may refer to: * Charles Vernon Eskridge (1833–1900), American politician, lieutenant governor of Kansas * Charles R. Eskridge III (born 1963), American judge {{hndis, Eskridge, Charles ...
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Charles Vernon Eskridge
Charles Vernon Eskridge (20 January 1833 – 15 July 1900) was an American politician. Between 1869 and 1871 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Kansas. Life Charles Eskridge was born in Virginia. In his early years he moved with his parents to Ohio and later to Lewistown, Illinois. At the age of 13 years he left his home and went to St. Louis. For a while he worked as a cabin boy on a Mississippi steamboat. In 1855 he arrived in the Kansas Territory, which at that time was overshadowed by violent political confrontations known as the Bleeding Kansas. Eskridge started working in the newspaper business. He joined the newly founded Republican Party and as a supporter of the anti-slavery movement he took an active part in the political quarrel. Later he settled down in Emporia, Kansas where he worked in a store. In 1859 he became a probate judge in his new home town. After Kansas was admitted to the United States in 1861, Eskridge became a member of the Kansas House of Represen ...
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