Background
Soper, Pliny Leland was born on July 6, 1861 in Troy, Kansas, United States. Son of Pliny S. and Fannie (Leland) Soper.
Soper, Pliny Leland was born on July 6, 1861 in Troy, Kansas, United States. Son of Pliny S. and Fannie (Leland) Soper.
Graduate University of Kansas, 1881, A. M. 1891. Graduate Columbia College Law School, 1887.
Admitted to Kansas bar, 1886. Assistant United State Attorneys of Kansas, 1889-1894. Attorney for Indiana Ty. of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, 1894-1897.
Delegate-at-large from Indiana Ty. to Republican National conversations, 1896, 1900.
United State Attorneys Northern district, Indiana Ty., since April, 1897 (re-appointed April, 1901). Solicitor for Indiana Ty. for Saint Louis & San Francisco Railroad corporation since January 1, 1894.
Married Topeka, Kansas, September 21, 1887, Julia T. Farnsworth.