The Topeka Daily Capital Tuesday March 16, 1920 Edward M. McCabe Dies. Was Only Negro Who Ever Held State Office In Kansas. Edward P. McCABE, 71, the only Negro ever elected to a state office in Kansas, died Saturday in a hospital in Chicago. In 1882 he ran for state auditor on the Republican ticket and was elected by an overwhelming majority. Two years later he was re-elected. Before running for the state office, he was county clerk of Graham county for two terms. At the close of his second term as state auditor, McCabe went to Oklahoma, where he was assistant state auditor for several years. In recent years he has been in business in Chicago. The body arrived in Topeka yesterday and the funeral was held at 2 p.m. from Talty's chapel. Burial took place in Topeka cemetery.