James Armstrong Troutman (December 1, 1853, in

Fulton County, Indiana Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. , the population was 20,480. The county seat is Rochester. History The first non-Native Americans to ever set foot in what is now Fulton County, Indiana, were French traders ...

– December 25, 1926, in

Topeka, Kansas Topeka ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeastern Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 cen ...

) was an American politician, teacher and attorney. Between 1895 and 1897 he served as Lieutenant Governor of

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Life

James Troutman was born in

. For three years he taught school in Indiana and Kansas. Afterwards he studied law and after his admission to the bar he began to practice as an attorney. In addition he was engaged in the newspaper business. As a supporter of the

Temperance Movement The temperance movement is a social movement promoting Temperance (virtue), temperance or total abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote teetotalism, and ...

he became the editor of the ''Kansas Temperance Palladium'' for one year. He joined the Republican Party and in 1893 he was elected to the Kansas Legislature. In 1894 Troutman was elected to the office of the

Lieutenant Governor of Kansas The lieutenant governor of Kansas is the second-ranking member of the executive branch of Kansas state government. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor for a four-year term. The lieutenant governor succeeds to the o ...

. He served in this position between January 14, 1895 and January 11, 1897. In this function he was the deputy of Governor

Edmund Needham Morrill Edmund Needham Morrill (February 12, 1834 – March 14, 1909) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kansas and the 13th governor of Kansas. Biography Edmund Needham Morrill was born in Westbrook, Maine, to Rufu ...

. Later he was a four term mayor of the no longer existing village Potwin Place in

Shawnee County, Kansas Shawnee County is located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States. Its county seat and most populous city is Topeka, the state capital. As of the 2020 census, the population was 178,909, making it the third-most populous county ...

. He died on 25 December 1926 in

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1853 births 1926 deaths Lieutenant governors of Kansas Kansas Republicans People from Fulton County, Indiana 19th-century Kansas politicians {{Kansas-politician-stub