The Biographical Dictionary of America/Anthony, George T.

ANTHONY, George T., governor of Kansas, was born in Matfield, N.Y., June 19, 1824. He was brought up on a farm, learned the tinsmith's trade and during the civil war commanded the 17th New York independent battery, attached to the army of the Potomac. In 1865 he established a Republican newspaper in Leavenworth, Kan., and became prominent in state politics, holding office as president of the Kansas state board of agriculture and collector of internal revenue. In 1870 he was elected governor of Kansas, serving 1877-'78, and was candidate for renomination. He was state superintendent of insurance, 1895-'96. He died in Topeka, Kan., Aug. 5, 1896.