Lecompton (pronounced /lɪˈkɒmptən/) is a city in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 588. Lecompton...

The Lecompton Constitution (1858) was the second of four proposed constitutions for the state of Kansas. Named for the city of Lecompton where it was drafted...

warfare. Kansas had a state-level civil war that would soon be replicated on a national basis. It had two different capitals (proslavery Lecompton and antislavery...

Lecompton Constitution Hall, also known as Constitution Hall, is a building in Lecompton, Kansas, that played an important role in the long-running Bleeding...

in Lecompton, Kansas, and smaller structures in Lecompton and Topeka were where the territorial legislatures met (see Capitols of Kansas). The dome, at...

The Lecompton Road Bridge is a two-lane girder bridge over Kansas River at Lecompton, Kansas, connecting to the nearby town of Perry. The current bridge...

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being demolished in 2002. Due to a growing congregation from Stull and Lecompton, a larger church was eventually needed, so in 1919, the community voted...

Lane University was a college located in Lecompton, Kansas, United States. It was founded in 1865 by Rev. Solomon Weaver, the first president, and was...

Cordley (1895), p. 35. Cordley (1895), p. 37. "About Lecompton". Historic Lecompton. Lecompton, Kansas. April 19, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2018. Litteer (1987)...

Lecompton Township is a township in Douglas County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,761. Lecompton Township was formed in about...

Laura Ellen Kirk (born 1966 in Lecompton, Kansas) is an American actress and university professor. She is most known for her role in Lisa Picard Is Famous...

legislature's response to the Free-Staters and growing violence was the Lecompton Constitution in 1857. Due to an electoral boycott by abolitionist groups...

German Protestant ancestry, moved to Kansas from Virginia. She married David on September 23, 1885, in Lecompton, Kansas, on the campus of their alma mater...

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admission of Kansas as a state under the Lecompton Constitution, despite the opposition of Senator Douglas, who believed that the Kansas referendum on...

attempted to admit Kansas as a state under the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution, but Kansas voters rejected that constitution in an August 1858 referendum...

made reservoir to control flooding. It then enters the Kansas River just north of Lecompton, Kansas. Some cities within 10 miles (16 km) of the river include...

problems in Kansas Territory between abolitionist and proslavery settlers (the latter of whom controlled the legal government based out of Lecompton). After...

Anti-Lecompton Democrat, and Independent Democrat. See The Kansas-Nebraska act "Democratic" includes Independent Democrats and Anti-Lecompton Democrats...

Bleeding Kansas years as leaders in Lecompton (the territorial capital) wanted Kansas to be a slave state, whereas leaders in Lawrence wanted Kansas to be...

Perry–Lecompton USD 343 is a public unified school district headquartered in Perry, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of Perry...

leaders in attempting to gain the admission of Kansas to the Union as a slave state under the Lecompton Constitution. In the midst of the growing chasm...

of her brothers who had moved to Kansas, and taught for two years before entering Lane University in Lecompton, Kansas. While on campus, she met her future...

eleven-month term. Shannon returned to Kansas soon after leaving office. He set up a law practice in Lecompton, and later a practice in Lawrence and Topeka...

Sacket, sometimes spelled Camp Sackett, was a field post southeast of Lecompton, Kansas, that moved a number of times for various reasons. It was established...

Douglas County sheriff in Kansas Territory from late 1855 until early 1857. He helped found the territorial capital of Lecompton and played a prominent role...

Lecompton, Kansas Territory, disputed territorial capital 1856-1861 Lecompton Constitution LGBT rights in Kansas Lists related to the State of Kansas:...

January 31, 2008. "Perry-Lecompton USD 343". USD 343. Retrieved January 4, 2017. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Perry, Kansas. City of Perry Perry...

which the car goes off the bridge and into the river was filmed in Lecompton, Kansas. The town did not charge a fee for the use of the bridge, only requiring...