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Author: James L. King (1905)

HON. SAMUEL T. HOWE.

    HON. SAMUEL T. HOWE, district manager of the Bell Telephone Company with
office at Topeka, has been a resident of Kansas since 1868, and during this long
period has been identified with business associations and public affairs. Mr.
Howe was born July 23, 1848, at Savannah, Wayne County New York, coming from a
family which has been particularly distinguished in the professions and in the
political as well as business circles of several States.

    Mr. Howe accompanied his family to Toleda, Ohio, in boyhood and there
obtained an excellent education, which was scarcely completed at the opening of
the Civil War. In 1862 he became a member of the State militia, and in January,
1864, received an appointment in the military service of the United States,
connected with the construction of military railroads in Alabama. In January,
1865, he enlisted as a private in Company B, 189th Reg. Ohio Vol. Inf., and
served until the close of the war in the 14th Army Corps. After his discharge in
1865, he returned to Toledo, and during the intervening period until 1868
perfected himself in carpenter work.

    Mr. Howe came to Kansas with the great wave of immigration in 1868 and found
abundant need of his skill in his trade in the rapidly growing cities of
Leavenworth, Topeka, Burlingame and Salina. In those days it was a difficult
matter for an intelligent, public-spirited citizen of Kansas to keep out of
politics, and in 1871 Mr. Howe found himself elected sheriff of Marion County.
He served as sheriff until 1874, when he was elected, and later twice reelected,
clerk of the District Court. In 1879 he was shown the confidence of Marion
County by being elected its treasurer and was reelected in 1881 but before he
could take his seat, the people of the State, recognizing in him a man of the
sterling traits of character which they demanded in a State Treasurer, elected
him in 1882 to this office, in which he served most satisfactorily until 1887.

    After his retirement from the duties of the office of State Treasurer, Mr.
Howe located his home at Topeka, where for many years he was active in business,
particularly in land dealing and banking, and was also the owner of mining
interests. In 1895 he was elected by the executive council of the State,
consisting of the Governor and other State officers, to the office of railroad
commissioner, a position he held two years. He is a qualified lawyer but has
never engaged in general practice, but his undestanding of the law has made him
a very efficient official and member of various boards. He is at present a
member of the City Council, and has served as its president; he is now serving
as chairman of the ways and means committee. He was recently appointed by the
Governor on a commission to advise with the Governor in relation to an
investigation of the State departments, ordered by the last Legislature. He has
been the author of numerous articles on public subjects, especially in relation
to financial matters, and has proved his close acquaintance with economic
questions of the greatest moment. Since 1904 Mr. Howe has been the district
manager of the Bell Telephone Company with office at Topeka.

    In 1876 Mr. Howe was married to Clara B. Frazer, of Portsmouth, Ohio, and
they became the parents of eight children, of whom five still survive, as
follows: Bertrice A., Fred L., Samuel T., Jr., William E. and Clare E. Mr.
Howe's fraternal association is mainly with the Masons and he has been treasurer
of the Masonic Mutual Benefit Society for a number of years. He is a valued
member of the Topeka Commercial Club. His portrait is shown on a foregoing page.


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HISTORY OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
AND
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

EDITED AND COMPILED BY
JAMES L. KING
TOPEKA, KANSAS 

"History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples"

PUBLISHED BY
RICHMOND & ARNOLD,
GEORGE RICHMOND; C. R. ARNOLD.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
1905.

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