Lorenzo Dow Lewelling was the 12th Governor of Kansas. He was born in Salem, Iowa. He was the son of William Lewelling, an abolitionist and Quaker minister who died soon after making an impassioned speech in Indiana. Lorenzo D. Lewelling was the state's first Populist Governor. The Populist party (also known as the People's Party) was a third party.
Time in Office: January 9, 1893 - January 14, 1895
Born: December 1, 1846, Salem, Iowa.
Died: September 3, 1900, Arkansas City, Kansas.
Populist businessman from Wichita.
He was the state's first Populist governor.
He was the state's governor during the "Populist War" of 1893.
He was a founding member of the Farmers' Alliance.
Websites about this Governor
- Records of the Kansas Governor's Office : administration of Governor Lorenzo Dow Lewelling (1893-1895)
- Biography on Wikipedia
- Biography on the National Governors Association website
- Biennial messages on the Kansas State Library website
- “If A Diogenes Prefers Poverty”: Lewelling Defends the Rights of the Unemployed" by L.D. Lewelling on the History Matters website
- Lorenzo D. Lewelling and Kansas populism (Master's thesis by Jordan A. Poland)
- Lewelling House located in Wichita,Kansas
- Governor Lewelling Inaugural Address (January 9, 1893)