REED'ER, ANDREW HORATIO ( 1807-64). The first Governor of Kansas Territory. Ile was born at Easton, Pa.; was educated at Lawrenceville, N. J., studied law, and practiced with great suc cess at Easton. He became influential in the Democratic. l'arty and in 1854 was appointed Gov ernor of the new Kansas Territory by President Pierce. It was expected by those w`lio had se cured his appointment that lie would assist in the work of making Kansas a slave State, but this, owing perhaps to the lawless behavior of the bor der ruffians from Missouri, he did not do, and instead became favorable to the Free-State Party in the Territory. As a result of Ids attitude, a delegation of Democrats, headed by Jefferson Davis, demanded his removal. With this demand the President complied, and Reeder was removed from office after a tenure of a little more than a year. He then became one of the leaders of the
Free-State Party, and in September. 1555, was nominated as delegate to Congress by the Big Spring convention. A little later he was again chosen delegate by the same party, but was never allowed to serve. In the following July he was elected United States Senator by the Legislature organized under the Topeka Constitution. but as Kansas was not admitted to Statehood, he was not permitted to take his seat. Not long after wards he returned to the East. and was received with great enthusiasm by the opponents of slav ery. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War he was appointed a brigadier-general, but felt himself too old and infirm to serve. Consult Robinson, The Kansas Conflict (New York, 1892), and Spring, Kansas (Boston, t 855 ) .