# Rush Elmore

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**Rush Elmore** (February 27, 1819 - August 14, 1864) was an American attorney and jurist who served as an [associate judge](/source/Associate_judge) of the [Supreme Court of the Kansas Territory](/source/Kansas_Supreme_Court#History).

## Early life

Elmore was born in [Autauga County, Alabama](/source/Autauga_County,_Alabama), on February 27, 1819.[1][2] His father, [John Archer Elmore](/source/John_Archer_Elmore), was a soldier in the American Revolution who served under General [Nathanael Greene](/source/Nathanael_Greene).[3] He attended the [University of Alabama](/source/University_of_Alabama).[4]

Rush Elmore entered private practice in [Montgomery, Alabama](/source/Montgomery,_Alabama) after studying at the [University of Alabama](/source/University_of_Alabama).[1][2] In May 1846, at the start of the [Mexican-American War](/source/Mexican-American_War), Elmore led an American [company](/source/Company_(United_States_Army)) as a [captain](/source/Captain_(United_States_O-3)).[3]

## Career

In 1854, Elmore was appointed by President [Franklin Pierce](/source/Franklin_Pierce) to become an associate judge of the newly formed [Supreme Court of the Kansas Territory](/source/Kansas_Supreme_Court#History).[1]

In 1855, Pierce removed Elmore, Johnston, and then-Governor [Andrew Horatio Reeder](/source/Andrew_Horatio_Reeder) after accusations were made against them for illegally purchasing Native American land. Elmore was replaced by judge [Sterling G. Cato](/source/Sterling_G._Cato).[4] However, these accusations were later found to be false, and Elmore was reinstated by President [James Buchanan](/source/James_Buchanan) in 1858 upon Cato's resignation.[1]

In 1857, Elmore helped draft and advocate for the [Lecompton Constitution](/source/Lecompton_Constitution).[1][5]

On January 31, 1857, Elmore assaulted [John Henry Kagi](/source/John_Henry_Kagi), an abolitionist and lawyer, with both men firing at each other.[6]

## Later life and death

Elmore left the Court in 1860, upon [Kansas' admission into the Union](/source/History_of_Kansas#Statehood). Although he was a supporter of slavery in Kansas, he disagreed with [secession](/source/American_Civil_War#Secession_crisis) and remained loyal to the [United States](/source/Union_(American_Civil_War)). He continued in private practice in [Topeka, Kansas](/source/Topeka,_Kansas), until his death there on August 19, 1864.[2]

## References

1. ["Rush Elmore - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society"](https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/rush-elmore/15119). *Kansas Historical Society*. October 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

1. ["Death of Judge Elmore."](https://newspapers.com/image/59556616/). *Kansas Daily Tribune*. Newspapers.com. 19 August 1864. p. 2. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

1. Brannon, Peter A. (5 April 1936). ["Through The Years - Captain Rush Elmore's Company"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/414120834/). *The Montgomery Advertiser*. Newspapers.com. p. 7. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

1. Templar, George; Smith, Joan Templar; Templar, Ted M. (1992). ["Chapter II - Kansas: The Territorial and District Courts"](https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=mct-ztnxWMkC&pg=GBS.PA14&hl=en). *The Federal Courts of the Tenth Circuit: A History*. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. pp. 17, 18, 532. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

1. ["Affairs in Kansas - Meeting of the Constitutional Convention"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1857/09/17/issue.html). *The New York Times*. 17 September 1857. p. 1. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

1. ["John Brown's Provisional Army"](http://johnbrown.org/provisional-army/), The Kennedy Farmhouse, 2017, [archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210609073644/https://johnbrown.org/provisional-army/) June 9, 2021 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved August 2, 2021

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