was active in party politics in every state in which he lived. In 1872 he unsuccessfully ran for the Kansas House of Representatives because he opposed the issue of railroad bonds. Four years later he was overwhelmingly elected to represent Montgomery County in the Kansas House of Representatives. Before his term expired, Humphrey was appointed the ninth lieutenant governor to fill the vacancy left by Melville J. Salter. During the regular election of 1878, he was elected to the same position by a margin of 40,000 votes. Humphrey completed his term as lieutenant governor and was elected to the Kansas Senate in 1884. Governor of Kansas Humphrey ran for governor in 1888 and won the position by the largest plurality to that time in Kansas; he won the majority vote in all but two counties. He defeated the Democratic candidate John Martin (not to be confused with the previous Republican Governor of Kansas John A. Martin). Humphrey was reelected to a second term in 1890. Later life Following his term as governor, Humphrey returned to the practice of law. In 1892, he ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives. Humphrey died at Independence on September 12, 1915, and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery. See also List of governors of Kansas Footnotes References Connelley, William E. A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans (Chicago: Lewis), 1918. External links Publications concerning Kansas Governor Humphrey's administration available via the KGI Online Library Republican Party governors of Kansas Lieutenant Governors of Kansas Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives Republican Party Kansas state senators Kansas state court judges People from Massillon, Ohio People from Independence, Kansas 1844 births 1915 deaths University of Mount Union alumni American Congregationalists University of Michigan Law School alumni 19th-century American judges