William Henry Harrison was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration as president in 1841,making his presidency the shortest in U.S. history. He was also the first U.S. president to die in office,causing a brief constitutional crisis since presidential succession was not then fully defined in the United States Constitution. Harrison was the last president born as a British subject in the Thirteen Colonies and was the paternal grandfather of Benjamin Harrison,the 23rd president of the United States.
James Noble Tyner was a lawyer,U.S. Representative from Indiana and U.S. Postmaster General. Tyner was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1869,and served three terms from 1869 to 1875. While in the House,Tyner opposed granting railroad subsidies,promoted gradual western industrial expansion,and spoke out against the Congressional franking privilege. In 1873,Tyner voted for the controversial Salary Grab Act that raised congressional pay,which resulted in him losing the Republican nomination for a fourth term. President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Tyner Second Assistant Postmaster General in 1875 then U.S. Postmaster General in 1876,and he served until 1877. Tyner served as First Assistant Postmaster General under President Rutherford B. Hayes from 1877 to 1881. In October 1881,President Chester A. Arthur requested his resignation because of his involvement in the Star Route postal frauds and for giving his son,whom he had appointed Superintendent of the Chicago Post Office,a $1,000 salary increase. Tyner served as Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Post Office Department from 1889 to 1893 and from 1897 to 1903. Tyner was a delegate to the International Postal Congresses in 1878 and 1897. Postmaster General Henry C. Payne requested his resignation in April 1903,after which Tyner was indicted for fraud and bribery. Tyner was acquitted after his family controversially removed pertinent papers from his office safe. In poor health,Tyner died the following year.
Joseph Lane was an American politician and soldier. He was a state legislator representing Evansville,Indiana,and then served in the Mexican–American War,becoming a general. President James K. Polk appointed Lane as the first Governor of Oregon Territory. When Oregon was admitted as a state in 1859,Lane was elected one of Oregon's first two U.S. Senators.
Thomas Posey was an officer in the American Revolution,a general during peacetime,the third Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky,Governor of the Indiana Territory,and a Louisiana Senator.
Wilmot Wood Brookings was an American pioneer,frontier judge,and early South Dakotan politician. He was provisional governor of the Dakota Territory,and both the cities of Wilmot and Brookings as well as the county of Brookings,South Dakota are named for him.
Newton Edmunds was an American politician who served as the second Governor of Dakota Territory,serving during the American Civil War.
John L. Pennington was an American politician and newspaper publisher. He was an Alabama state senator,and the fifth Governor of Dakota Territory.
Andrew Jackson Faulk was an American politician. He served as the third Governor of Dakota Territory.
Gilbert Ashville Pierce was an American author,journalist,playwright,and a member of the Indiana House of Representatives,the eighth Governor of Dakota Territory,and representative for North Dakota in the United States Senate. Pierce County,North Dakota was named in his honor.
Louis Kossuth Church was an American politician who was a New York Supreme Court justice,a member of the New York Legislature,and the ninth and penultimate Governor of Dakota Territory,serving from 1887 to 1889.
Stephen Selwyn Harding was an American politician,lawyer,anti-slavery leader and ardent abolitionist in Indiana who served as governor of the Utah Territory (1862–1863) and as chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court (1863–1865). Because Harding proved to be unpopular with the territory's Mormon leaders and citizens,he remained at Salt Lake City for less than a year before President Abraham Lincoln appointed him to the judgeship at Denver. In 1865 Harding returned to Indiana,where he practiced law until his retirement in 1881. Earlier in his political career,Harding helped organize the Liberty Party in Indiana and was the party's candidate for lieutenant governor of Indiana in 1843 and 1846,but lost both races. Harding subsequently became a member of the Free Soil Party in 1848 and was an early member of the Republican Party in Indiana in the 1850s.
Frank White was an American politician who served as the eighth Governor of North Dakota from 1901 to 1905. He was a Republican who also served as Treasurer of the United States from 1921 to 1928.
Louis Benjamin Hanna was an American businessman,banker,and North Dakota Republican Party politician,who served in the North Dakota House of Representatives and as the 11th Governor of North Dakota.
George Washington Steele was an American lawyer,soldier,and politician who twice served as a Representative for Indiana,from 1881 to 1889 and again from 1895 to 1903. Steele was also the first governor of Oklahoma Territory and was instrumental in developing the state's public education system and its two largest universities.
John Nichol Irwin was an American businessman,politician and diplomat. Among the positions he held were Mayor of Keokuk,Iowa,Governor of Idaho Territory,Governor of Arizona Territory,and U.S. Minister to Portugal.
Joseph Henry Kibbey was an American attorney who served as Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1889 to 1893 and Governor of Arizona Territory from 1905 to 1909. His legal career is most remembered for his efforts in the area of water law,his key legal contributions being the "Kibbey Decision",a legal ruling establishing the principle that "water belongs to the land",and creation of the legal framework for the Salt River Valley Water User's Association,a model for federal water projects in the American West. As governor,Kibbey was a leader in the effort to prevent Arizona and New Mexico territories from being combined into a single U.S. state.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8,2016,in 12 states and two territories. The last regular gubernatorial elections for nine of the 12 states took place in 2012. The last gubernatorial elections for New Hampshire,Oregon,and Vermont took place in 2014,as Oregon held a special election due to the resignation of Governor John Kitzhaber,while the governors of New Hampshire and Vermont both serve two-year terms. The 2016 gubernatorial elections took place concurrently with several other federal,state,and local elections,including the presidential election,Senate,and House elections.
John Jay Gosper was an American politician and businessman who served as Secretary of State of Nebraska and Secretary of Arizona Territory. Much of his service in Arizona was spent as Acting Governor due to Governor John C. Frémont's virtual abandonment of his post.
John Franklin Kibbey was an American politician,lawyer,and judge who served as the fifth Indiana Attorney General from March 19,1862,to November 3,1862.
