Background
Botkin, Jeremiah Dunham was born on April 24, 1849 in Logan Company, Illinois, United States. Son of Richard and Nancy (Barr) Botkin.
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Jeremiah Dunham Botkin
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Education
County schools and 1 year at DePauw University.
Career
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry. Presiding elder, 1886-1892. Delaware General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1888, Ecumenical Conference, Washington, 1891.
Was long a Republican.
Was the Prohibition candidate for government Kansas, 1888. Early espoused the Populist cause.
Defeated for Congress from 3d Kansas District, 1894. Member 55th Congress (1897-1899), Kansas-at-large.
Renominated by acclamation, 1898, 1900 and 1902.
Democratic nominee for government of Kansas, 1908. Warden state penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas, 1913-1915.
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Member 55th Congress (1897-1899), Kansas
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December 29, 1921 (aged 72)