John P. St. John - Olathe, Ks. - Relief Art Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This bronze plaque on a concrete and stone plinth is located in Olathe Civic Park. The plaque is approximately 3 and 1/2 feet off the ground. The pictures of both John P. St. John and of a wagon pulled by oxen - both are in low relief.

(Portrait of John P. St. John)
JOHN P ST. JOHN
Olathean
Governor of Kansas
1879   1883
Presidential Candidate 1884
(picture of Mahaffie Farmstead)

- Marker Text

John Pierce St. John (February 25, 1833 – August 31, 1916) was the eighth Governor of Kansas and a candidate for President of the United States in 1884.

St. John was born in Brookville, Indiana. He served as lieutenant colonel of the 143rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. From 1873 he sat in the Kansas Senate, and was the Republican Governor of Kansas from 1879 to 1883. Active in the temperance movement, he successfully promoted a prohibition amendment to that state's constitution. St. John also helped create the Kansas Freedmen's Relief Association during the Great Exodus of African-Americans to Kansas in 1879.

He was the Prohibition Party candidate for President of the United States in the 1884 election. On October 2, 1884 he was nearly shot, with the bullet hitting the window next to him.[2] He received 147,482 votes (about 1.5%) on a ticket with William Daniel. The election was won by Grover Cleveland of the Democratic Party.

- Wikipedia

Your impression of the sculpture?: Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/2014 Where is this sculpture?: 250 E Santa Fe Olathe, Ks. USA 66061 Sculptors Name: unknown Website for sculpture?: Not listed

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