What is Andrew Horatio Reeder?
{{Infobox Governor |name= Andrew H. Reeder |image= AReeder.jpg |caption= |order= 1st |office= Territorial Governor of Kansas |term_start= July 7, 1854 |term_end= August 16, 1855 |lieutenant= |predecessor= None |successor= [[Wilson Shannon]] |birth_date= July 12, 1807 |birth_place= [[Easton, Pennsylvania]] |death_date= {{Death date and age|1864|7|5|1807|7|12}} |death_place= Easton, Pennsylvania |spouse= Amalia Hutter |profession= attorney, soldier |party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] (until 1860)<br>[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (from 1860) |religion= |footnotes= }} '''Andrew Horatio Reeder''' (July 12, 1807 &ndash; July 5, 1864) was the first governor of the [[Kansas Territory|Territory of Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.legendsofkansas.com/andrewreeder.html | title=Andrew Horatio Reeder- First Governor of Kansas – Legends of Kansas }}</ref> ==Early Life== Reeder was born on July 12, 1807 in [[Easton, Pennsylvania]]. He went to school in [[Lawrenceville, New Jersey]]. He became a lawyer in 1828 in [[Pennsylvania]]. In 1831, he married Frederika Amalia Hutter. They had three sons and seven daughters. ==Kansas== Reeder supported the idea of popular sovereignty (where people in a state would decide whether a state becomes free or slave) about slavery. On June 29, 1854, President [[Franklin Pierce]] asked Reeder to be the governor of the Kansas Territory. He said yes. He would stay governor until August 16, 1855. On March 30, 1855, many pro-slavery people from [[Missouri]] illegally voted in [[Kansas]]. Those people wanted Kansas to become a slave state. This caused a lot of violence between Missouri and Kansas, known as [[Bleeding Kansas]]. Reeder did not approve the results. He set up new elections.<ref>{{cite web|title=Andrew Horatio Reeder|url=http://www.territorialkansasonline.org/~imlskto/cgi-bin/index.php?SCREEN=bio_sketches/reeder_andrew|publisher=Territorial Kansas Online|access-date=7 September 2012|archive-date=10 November 2012|archive-url=https://web