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Bleeding Kansas, (1854–59), small civil war in the United States, fought between proslavery and antislavery advocates for control of the new territory of Kansas under the doctrine of popular sovereignty. Sponsors of the Kansas-Nebraska Act (May 30, 1854) expected its provisions for territorial self-government to arrest the “torrent of fanaticism” that had been dividing the nation regarding the slavery issue. Instead, free-soil forces from the North formed armed emigrant associations to populate Kansas, while proslavery advocates poured over the border from Missouri. Regulating associati...

BATON ROUGE, La. - In an odd twist, the sponsor of one of eight constitutional amendments voters will decide Nov. 8 has disavowed his own plan and hopes the measure

Conservatives and liberals online expressed shock after Kansas residents voted "No" on an amendment to allow the state legislature to restrict abortion.

For this, historians consistently rank him as one of the worst US presidents.

While former President Donald Trump has made hay of voter fraud claims, Kansas (and U.S.) history offers far more clear-cut examples.