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8^th Governor of Kansas
John St. John
John St. John
In office January 13, 1879 – January 8, 1883
Lieutenant	Lyman U. Humphrey, David W. Finney
Preceded by	George T. Anthony
Succeeded by	George W. Glick

Born	February 25, 1833(1833-02-25) Franklin County, Indiana
Died	August 31, 1916 (aged 83) Olathe, Kansas
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Mary Jane Brewer, Susan J. Parker
Profession	soldier, attorney, politician
Religion	Congregationalist (preference); later, Christian Science

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

Biography

Born in Brookville, Indiana, St. John served as lieutenant colonel of the 143rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry 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. 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. St. John was also surpassed by two other unsuccessful candidates:

St. John died after suffering heat exhaustion in 1916 in Olathe, Kansas.

The city of St. John, Kansas, is named after him.

Party political offices
Preceded by Neal Dow	Prohibition Party presidential nominee 1884 (lost)	Succeeded by Clinton B. Fisk

v • d • e Governors of Kansas

Territorial (1854–1861)	Reeder · Shannon · Geary · Walker · Denver · Medary

State (since 1861)	Robinson · Carney · Crawford · Green · Harvey · Osborn · Anthony · St. John · Glick · Martin · Humphrey · Lewelling · Morrill · Leedy · Stanley · Bailey · Hoch · Stubbs · Hodges · Capper · Allen · Davis · Paulen · Reed · Woodring · Landon · Huxman · Ratner · Schoeppel · Carlson · Hagaman · Arn · Hall · McCuish · G. Docking · Anderson · Avery · R. Docking · Bennett · Carlin · Hayden · Finney · Graves · Sebelius · Parkinson

Persondata
NAME	St. John, John P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Union Army officer, politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 25, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH	Franklin County, Indiana
DATE OF DEATH	August 31, 1916
PLACE OF DEATH	Olathe, Kansas

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