Law and Order Party (Kansas)
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The Law and Order Party was a pro-slavery political party founded October 3, 1855, in Leavenworth, Kansas during the Bleeding Kansas period.[1]
Founders of the party included David Rice Atchison and Joseph C. Anderson.
Eleven members of the Bogus Legislature aligned themselves with the Law and Order Party: W.G. Mathias, Richard R. Rees, D.A.N. Grover, Andrew McDonald, William Barbee, W.P. Richardson, John H. Stringfellow, Lucien Eastin, S.A. Williams, Archibald Payne, and Joseph C. Anderson.[2]
