Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (August 22, 1870 – August 4, 1931) was an American Republican politician and a nephew of suffragist and political leader Susan B. Anthony. He is the son of newspaper publisher

Daniel Read Anthony Daniel Read Anthony (August 22, 1824 – November 12, 1904) was an American publisher, women's suffragist, and abolitionist. He moved to Kansas, where he published the '' Leavenworth Times'' in Leavenworth, Kansas, as well as other newspaper ...

. He was born in

Leavenworth, Kansas Leavenworth () is the county seat and largest city of Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 37,351. It is located on the west bank of t ...

, on August 22, 1870; attended the public schools as well as the

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at Orchard Lake, Michigan; enrolled at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

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; studied law; was admitted to the bar, but did not practice extensively; engaged in newspaper work; appointed postmaster of Leavenworth, Kansas, on June 22, 1898, and served until June 30, 1902, when a successor was appointed; Mayor of Leavenworth, 1903–1905; became manager and editor of the ''

Leavenworth Times ''Leavenworth Times'' is an American daily newspaper published in Leavenworth, Kansas. The newspaper is owned by Gannett. Founded in 1856 by future United States Senator Robert Crozier, the ''Times'' claims to be the oldest daily newspaper in Kan ...

'' in 1904. He was elected as a Republican to House of Representatives of the

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to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation from body of Charles Curtis—who was elevated to the

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; Anthony was re-elected in this capacity to the nine succeeding Congresses and served in the House from May 23, 1907 to March 3, 1929; well known for co-introducing along with Senator Curtis in December 1923 the first rendition of the proposed

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to the

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; Chairman, Committee on Appropriations in the House during the

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; was not a candidate for renomination in 1928; resumed his former business pursuits; died in Leavenworth on August 4, 1931; interment in Mount Muncie Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anthony, Daniel Read Jr. 1870 births 1931 deaths Mayors of places in Kansas Politicians from Leavenworth, Kansas University of Michigan alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas 20th-century American politicians