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At the time of the City of Kansas's incorporation, Missouri was still a slave state. However, the population was deeply divided over the issue of slavery.In 1854, the United States Congress passed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which rejected the 1820 Missouri Compromise and allowed new territories to choose to allow slavery, whereas the Missouri Compromise had prohibited slavery in any new states ...
There are 385 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Jackson County, including 4 National Historic Landmarks. The city of Kansas City is the location of 341 of these properties and districts; they are listed here, while the remaining properties and districts, including all of the National Historic Landmarks, are listed ...
There are 342 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Kansas City. Downtown Kansas City includes 160 of these properties and districts; the city's remaining properties and districts are the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kansas City, Missouri. One historic district overlaps the downtown and non-downtown ...
Leonard S. Hughes IV (born April 15, 1979) was a Democratic legislator in the Missouri House of Representatives. [1] He represented part of Kansas City, Missouri in Jackson County, District 42. He was the youngest ever elected to the Missouri House at the age of 24. The former record holder was a 25 yr lawyer, Leonard S. Hughes III, his father.
NRHP reference No. 07001231 [1] Added to NRHP. November 20, 2007. The United States Courthouse and Post Office, also known as Federal Courts Building, is a historic courthouse and post office located at Kansas City in Jackson County, Missouri. It was formerly the courthouse of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri .
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties).
Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri is located at 415 East 12th Street in Downtown Kansas City and houses judicial and administrative offices for the western portion of the county. It was built in 1934, designed by Wight and Wight in an Art Deco style. Harry S. Truman, presiding judge of the Jackson County Court at the time ...
Circuit Court Judges and Associate Judges: These local courts are where all civil and criminal cases begin in the state. Their judges hear cases in one of Missouri’s 46 judicial circuits. Here ...