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class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Richard W. Blue</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_W._Blue.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Richard_W._Blue.jpeg" decoding="async" width="175" height="247" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="247" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_At-large_congressional_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas's At-large congressional district">At-large</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Alexander_Harris_(Kansas_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Alexander Harris (Kansas politician)">William A. Harris</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_D._Botkin" title="Jeremiah D. Botkin">Jeremiah D. Botkin</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Senate" title="Kansas Senate">Kansas Senate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1880-1888</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1841-09-08</span>)</span>September 8, 1841<br />near <a href="/wiki/Parkersburg,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Parkersburg, Virginia">Parkersburg, Virginia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 28, 1907<span style="display:none">(1907-01-28)</span> (aged 65)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bartlesville,_Oklahoma" title="Bartlesville, Oklahoma">Bartlesville, Oklahoma</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monongalia_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Monongalia Academy">Monongalia Academy</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Washington_%26_Jefferson_College" title="Washington & Jefferson College">Washington College</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Richard Whiting Blue</b> (September 8, 1841 – January 28, 1907) was a farmer, teacher, lawyer, judge, state senator, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a>. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He lived in Virginia and then <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>. </p><p>Born near <a href="/wiki/Parkersburg,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Parkersburg, Virginia">Parkersburg, Virginia</a> (now West Virginia), Blue worked on a farm in the summertime and studied in the select schools of that locality during the winter season. He attended <a href="/wiki/Monongalia_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Monongalia Academy">Monongalia Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morgantown,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgantown, Virginia">Morgantown, Virginia</a>, in 1859 and <a href="/wiki/Washington_%26_Jefferson_College" title="Washington & Jefferson College">Washington (Pennsylvania) College</a> until his enlistment, on June 29, 1863, as a private in Company A of the <a href="/wiki/3rd_West_Virginia_Infantry_Regiment" title="3rd West Virginia Infantry Regiment">3rd West Virginia Infantry Regiment</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>. He became second and then first lieutenant of the company. Honorably discharged May 22, 1866, at <a href="/wiki/Leavenworth,_Kansas" title="Leavenworth, Kansas">Leavenworth, Kansas</a>, when he returned to <a href="/wiki/Grafton,_West_Virginia" title="Grafton, West Virginia">Grafton, West Virginia</a>. He taught school. He studied law. He was <a href="/wiki/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States" title="Admission to the bar in the United States">admitted to the bar</a> in Virginia, and commenced practice in <a href="/wiki/Linn_County,_Kansas" title="Linn County, Kansas">Linn County, Kansas</a>, in 1871. Probate judge of Linn County 1872-1876. County attorney 1876-1880. He served as member of the State senate 1880-1888. </p><p>Blue was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> to the <a href="/wiki/54th_United_States_Congress" title="54th United States Congress">Fifty-fourth</a> Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the <a href="/wiki/55th_United_States_Congress" title="55th United States Congress">Fifty-fifth</a> Congress. He engaged in the practice of law until his death in <a href="/wiki/Bartlesville,_Oklahoma" title="Bartlesville, Oklahoma">Bartlesville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Oklahoma" title="Washington County, Oklahoma">Washington County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>, January 28, 1907. He was interred in Pleasanton Cemetery, <a href="/wiki/Pleasanton,_Kansas" title="Pleasanton, Kansas">Pleasanton, Kansas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_W._Blue&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressB000573" class="citation web cs1">United States Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000573">"Richard W. Blue (id: B000573)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=Richard+W.+Blue+%28id%3A+B000573%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DB000573&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+W.+Blue" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Alexander_Harris_(Kansas_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Alexander Harris (Kansas politician)">William A. Harris</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kansas" title="List of United States representatives from Kansas">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="KansasAL !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Kansas's at-large congressional district">Kansas's at-large congressional district</a></span> </b><br />March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_D._Botkin" title="Jeremiah D. Botkin">Jeremiah D. 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Phillips">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Alexander_Anderson" title="John Alexander Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Needham_Morrill" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund Needham Morrill">Morrill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Case_Broderick" title="Case Broderick">Broderick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Curtis" title="Charles Curtis">Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Read_Anthony_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Read Anthony Jr.">Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_P._Lambertson" title="William P. Lambertson">Lambertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_M._Cole" title="Albert M. Cole">Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Shultz_Miller" title="Howard Shultz Miller">H. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Avery_(politician)" title="William H. Avery (politician)">Avery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Dole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Sebelius" title="Keith Sebelius">Sebelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Roberts" title="Pat Roberts">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Moran" title="Jerry Moran">Moran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Huelskamp" title="Tim Huelskamp">Huelskamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Marshall" title="Roger Marshall">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracey_Mann" title="Tracey Mann">Mann</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="10" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></span></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Kansas.svg/100px-Flag_of_Kansas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Kansas.svg/150px-Flag_of_Kansas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Kansas.svg/200px-Flag_of_Kansas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas02 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Goodin" title="John R. Goodin">Goodin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_C._Haskell" title="Dudley C. Haskell">Haskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_H._Funston" title="Edward H. Funston">Funston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Ladd_Moore" title="Horace Ladd Moore">H. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orrin_Larrabee_Miller" class="mw-redirect" title="Orrin Larrabee Miller">O. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_S._Peters" title="Mason S. Peters">M. Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_De_Witt_Bowersock" title="Justin De Witt Bowersock">Bowersock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Frederick_Scott" title="Charles Frederick Scott">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_C._Mitchell" title="Alexander C. Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Taggart" title="Joseph Taggart">Taggart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_C._Little" title="Edward C. Little">E. Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_Samuel_Guyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulysses Samuel Guyer">Guyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_B._Little" title="Chauncey B. Little">C. Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_Samuel_Guyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulysses Samuel Guyer">Guyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Errett_P._Scrivner" title="Errett P. Scrivner">Scrivner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newell_A._George" title="Newell A. George">N. George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Ellsworth" title="Robert Ellsworth">Ellsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Avery_(politician)" title="William H. Avery (politician)">Avery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_L._Mize" title="Chester L. Mize">Mize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_R._Roy" title="William R. Roy">Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Keys" title="Martha Keys">Keys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Edmund_Jeffries" class="mw-redirect" title="James Edmund Jeffries">Jeffries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Slattery" title="Jim Slattery">Slattery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Brownback" title="Sam Brownback">Brownback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ryun" title="Jim Ryun">Ryun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Boyda" title="Nancy Boyda">Boyda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Jenkins" title="Lynn Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Watkins" title="Steve Watkins">Watkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_LaTurner" title="Jake LaTurner">LaTurner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas03 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 3rd congressional district">3rd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Ripley_Brown" title="William Ripley Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Ryan_(Kansas_politician)" title="Thomas Ryan (Kansas politician)">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_W._Perkins" title="Bishop W. Perkins">Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_H._Clover" title="Benjamin H. Clover">Clover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Hudson" title="Thomas Jefferson Hudson">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snyder_S._Kirkpatrick" title="Snyder S. Kirkpatrick">Kirkpatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_R._Ridgely" title="Edwin R. Ridgely">Ridgely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Metcalf_Jackson" title="Alfred Metcalf Jackson">A. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_P._Campbell" title="Philip P. Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Sproul" title="William H. Sproul">Sproul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_C._McGugin" title="Harold C. 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