George Washington Glick

Infobox Governor
name= George Washington Glick


caption=
order=9^th
office= Governor of Kansas
term_start= January 8, 1883
term_end= January 12, 1885
lieutenant= David W. Finney
predecessor= John St. John
successor= John A. Martin
birth_date= July 4, 1827
birth_place= Fairfield County, Ohio
death_date= April 13, 1911
death_place= Atchison, Kansas
spouse= Elizabeth Rider
profession= attorney, politician
party= Democrat
religion= Lutheran
footnotes=

George Washington Glick (July 4, 1827ndash April 13, 1911) was the ninth Governor of Kansas.

George Washington Glick was raised on his father's farm near Greencastle, Ohio. He enlisted for service in the Mexican War, but saw no action. At age 21 he entered the law offices of Buckland and Hayes (later President Rutherford B. Hayes); he was admitted to the bar two years later and established a moderate law practice, earning a reputation as a hard-working lawyer. Glick moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1859 and formed a partnership with Alfred P. Otis. He served as a Union soldier in the 2nd Kansas Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Elected to the state legislature in 1862, he served for 14 of the next 18 years and was Speaker "pro tempore" in 1876. Glick was well respected and considered "just and expert" by his colleagues.

He was elected Governor in 1882 and served until 1885. Legislation enacted during his tenure included the creation of a railroad commission, a "good roads" law, reassessment of tax laws, and the establishment of a livestock sanitary commission. He was later appointed pension agent in Topeka by President Grover Cleveland.

After 15 years of civic service, George Glick was forced to abandon his political career because of a throat infection that nearly destroyed his ability to speak. He continued, however, as an attorney for various railroads. He also managed his farm and served as a charter member and first vice president of the Kansas Historical Society.

Glick died in 1911 in Atchison, Kansas.

tatue replacement

In 1914, the state of Kansas donated a marble statue of Glick to the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection as one of its two allowed entries. The statue was sculpted by Charles Niehaus, who sculpted seven other statues for the collection, including Kansas's other entry, Senator John J. Ingalls in 1905. In 2003, Kansas became the first state to replace a statue when it replaced Glick with a bronze of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower. Kansas remained the only state to do so until August 31, 2006, when the California State Legislature voted to replace its statue of Thomas Starr King with one of former president Ronald Reagan, the installation took place in 2007.

External links

* [http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/glick.htm Glick article] on The Architect of the Capitol
* [http://www.kslib.info/ref/message/glick/glick.html Glick speeches] on State Library of Kansas web site
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6353670 Find-A-Grave profile for George Washington Glick]