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Kansas inquiry exposes Missouri votes and raids in 1855
Reported testimony from the Congressional investigation details pro slavery Missourians crossing into Kansas to vote, armed presence at Big Blue and Fort Scott, poll-fraud claims, and intimidation of election officials. Witnesses describe camps, dinners, and token clashes as Missouri residents sought to shape Kansas Territory elections and influence policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
St. Louis
Democrat Chicase “Tribune
Jesse W. Wilson
Bull Creek
Missouri
Jackson county
Emigrant Aid Society
Illinois
Kentucky
Kansas
Free State
G. W. Gillespie
Joseph
Burr Oak
Joseph Cfe
Weston
croening
ardson
ead
daughy
Westfall
polJ-boon
taved
Tua
Missouri 1 ideas
orde
M sours
Weatfall
waa
BIG BLUE
John E. Davie
Marynville
Marshal
Marysville
Marshall I spesk
John Donaldson
Territory
Marshall
don
Riley
T. ‘ScOTT
Prince
Fort Scott
Osawatomie
West Point
Omaha
Gener
Barbee
Wilson
nationa border countrie.s
Howard
witnaca
MISSOUAL
Cass couraty
Blue Lodge
Hosea
Witnaan
Fanppost
Prem
tom
Mr. Howard
Sherman
YNOPAGANDA
POTAWOTOMIE
William Cheatnut
Pottawatomie
Reeder
lengt
oura
wornin
Akingon
Mr. Shtiman
Wilkinson
Boston
quattera
League
York