Border Ruffians Steal Kansas Election Through Systematic Fraud and Violence
Kansas Territory held its first territorial legislative election on March 30, 1855, which was stolen through systematic fraud and violence by approximately 5,000 “Border Ruffians” who invaded from western Missouri. Under the leadership of U.S. Senator David Rice Atchison and other …
David Rice Atchison
Border Ruffians
Franklin Pierce
Kansas Territorial Government
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