Solon Otis Thacher (August 31, 1830 – August 11, 1895) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. His former home in

Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70, between the Kansas River, Kansas and Waka ...

, is considered a historic location. Ludington House

Born in

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, Thacher graduated from

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and

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. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1856. In

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, Thacher served in the

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. In 1858, Thatcher moved with his wife and family to

. He continued to practice law. He was one of the editors of the Lawrence Republican newspaper. Thacher served on the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention in 1859. From 1859 to 1864, Thacher served as a Kansas District Court judge. In 1864 and 1882 he ran for

governor of Kansas A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...

and lost the election. In 1881, 1893, and 1895, Thatcher served in the

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and was a

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. In 1883, Thacher served on a diplomatic mission to South American. Thacher served as a regent for the

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and as president of the

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. He died at his home in Lawrence, Kansas.'Solon O. Thacher Dead,' Atchison Daily Globe (Kansas), August 12, 1895, pg. 1]

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