Samuel Dexter Lecompte

Samuel Dexter Lecompte
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Kansas Territory
In office
October 3, 1854 – March 9, 1859
Nominated byFranklin Pierce
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJohn Pettit
Personal details
Born(1814-12-13)December 13, 1814
Cambridge, Maryland, US
DiedApril 24, 1888(1888-04-24) (aged 73)
Kansas City, Missouri, US
Spouse
Camilla Anderson
(m. 1841)
Children5

Samuel Dexter Lecompte (December 13, 1814 – April 24, 1888) was an American jurist best known for his extreme pro-slavery views, his involvement in the events of Bleeding Kansas, and for being the founder and namesake of Lecompton, the erstwhile capital of the Kansas Territory.


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