SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR US LABOR DAY SENATOR SOUTH DAKOTA KYLE LETTER SIGNED 1898 !

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JAMES HENDERSON KYLE
(1854 - 1901)
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA US SENATOR FROM SOUTH DAKOTA 1891-1901.
Kyle
strongly supported the
Spanish–American War
,
and was one of the main sponsors of a bill to create the National Holiday of
Labor Day
, which was signed into law by President Cleveland on June 28, 1894
.
Kyle was known as a hard-working, articulate Senator who defended the rights of workers. One of the most successful members of the
Populist Party
he served for 10 years as a member of the
United States Senate
from
South Dakota
from 1891 until his death.
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HERE’s A LETTER SIGNED BY KYLE ON “
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION and LABOR, UNITED STATES SENATE
” LETTERHEAD, 1p., DATED AT WASHINGTON, D. C., OCT. 23
rd
1898 TO THE POSTMASTER OF THE SENATE, INSTRUCTING HIM TO FORWARD, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, HIS DEPARTMENTAL
MAIL TO BLAKESBURG, WAPELLE COUNTY, IOWA, and ALL OTHER LETTERS TO ABERDEEN, SD.
The document measures 8” x 5” and is in very fine condition, with a mounting trace on the verso.
A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR SOUTH DAKOTA POLITICAL HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE HONORABLE
JAMES H. KYLE
James Henderson Kyle
(February 24, 1854 – July 1, 1901) was an American politician. One of the most successful members of the
Populist Party
he served for 10 years as a member of the
United States Senate
from
South Dakota
from 1891 until his death.
Biography
James Kyle was born at his family's farm in
Cedarville, Ohio
. His parents were Thomas and Jane Kyle and he had at least five siblings. His great-grandparents were
Scottish
and
Irish
immigrants. At the age of 11 he moved with his family to
Urbana, Illinois
.
As a young man Kyle had much difficulty choosing his career, but gained much education and supported himself by farming and teaching. He studied civil engineering and law but eventually decided to become a
congregational
minister. He graduated from Western Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania in 1881 and moved to
Salt Lake City, Utah
in 1882 to become pastor of a church and director of a seminary there. In 1885 he moved to South Dakota because it was better for his wife's health. He continued to be a minister until 1891.
In 1890 he entered politics at the urging of many people after he made a passionate political address. This was shortly after South Dakota became a state. He was first elected to the state senate but shortly after that he was elected to the United States Senate. He refused to join a political party and was one of few people to enter the Senate as an independent, but he was supported by the state Democratic Party at this time. During his first term in the Senate he joined the emerging Populist Party. Kyle was reelected to the Senate by the state legislature in 1897.
Soon after, as the Populist Party was disintegrating, Kyle
switched
to the
Republican Party
.
Kyle served on many committees in the Senate. From 1893 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1901 he was the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, and from 1895 to 1897 he was the chairman of a committee to establish a university of the United States. Kyle was one of the main sponsors of a bill to create the holiday
Labor Day
. Kyle strongly supported the
Spanish–American War
. Kyle was known as a hard-working, articulate senator who defended the rights of workers. From 1898 to 1901 he served as a member of the National Industrial Commission.
Kyle began to suffer from serious health problems in 1898. He died at the age of 47 in
Aberdeen, South Dakota
where he had lived from the late 1880s until 1891.
Kyle was married to Anna Eliza Dugot Kyle and they had two children.
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