Lorenzo Dow Lewelling (December 21 1846 – September 3 1900) was the 12th Governor of Kansas.He was born in Salem Iowa. He was the son of William Lewelling an abolitionist and Quaker minister who died soon after making an empassioned speech in Indiana. After the accidental burning to death of his mother in 1865 he lived with his older sister and struggled to gain an education.He attended Knox College (Illinois) the Eastman Business College and Whittier College.
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