Below is a list of Idaho Territorial Governors by clicking on their name you will be able to get more information about the Governor you select.
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The Organic Act of 1863 section 3 gave the Secretary of the Territory, in the case of the governor death, removal, resignation or absense from the territory, the authorization and requirement to execute and perform all the powers and duties of the governor during such vacancy or absence.
William Henson Wallace
Term:1863-1864 (non resident)
William B. Daniels – Territorial Secretary
Acting governor term 1863 – 1864
Caleb Lyon
Term 1864-1866 (non resident)
C. DeWitt Smith – Territorial Secretary
Acting Governor 1865
Horace C. Gilson - Territorial Secretary
Acting Governor 1865 ? 1866
S. R. Howlett - Territorial Secretary
Acting Governor 1866
David W. Ballard
Term:1866-1870 (non resident)
Simon Bard
Term: 1870 (non resident) (did not qualify)
Gilman Marston
Term:1870 (non resident) (did not qualify)
Alex H. Conner
Term:1871 (non resident) (did not qualify)
Edward J. Curtis - Territorial Secretary
acting governor 1870-1871
Thomas M. Bowen
Term: (one week) 1871 (non resident)
Edward J. Curtis - Territorial Secretary
acting governor 1871
Thomas W. Bennett
Term:1871-1875 (non resident)
Edward J. Curtis - Territorial Secretary
acting governor 1875
David P. Thompson
Term:1875-1876 (non resident)
Mason Brayman
Term:1876-1878 (non resident)
R. A. Sidebotham – Territorial Secretary
Acting governor 1878
John P. Hoyt
Term:1878 (Declined appointment)
John Baldwin Neil
Term:1880-1883
John R. Irwin
Term:1883-1884 (non resident)
Also known as John N. Irwin
Edward J. Curtis - Territorial Secretary
Acting Governor 1883-1884
William M. Bunn
Term:1884-1885 (non resident)
David P. B. Pride - Territorial Secretary
Acting Governor July 1885 to September 1885
We have found no information on Mr. Pride
Pride was Idaho Territorial Secretary 1884-1885
Edward A. Stevenson
Term:1885-1889
George L. Shoup
Term:1889-1890
Note of Interest:
Territorial Governorship was offered to Thomas C. Donaldson.
Thomas C Donaldson wrote:
‘President Hayes, with whom I was on intimate terms at the time, urged me to accept the appointment and finally wrote me as follows:’
Executive Mansion,
Washington
16 June 1880
Hon. Thos. Donaldson,
Philadelphia, Penna.
My Dear Sir:
A vacancy is to occur in the Governorship of Idaho by the expiration of the term of Gov. Brayman. It gives me sincere pleasure to offer you the position. I am satisfied that your appointment will be acceptable to the people of the Territory, and that you will fill the place creditably to yourself and to the administration.
Please reply at your earliest convenience and oblige.
Sincerely,
(signed)R. B. Hayes
He declined the offer.
Donaldson wrote ‘his temptation to accept the honor was very strong. One of the most alluring reasons was the visionary gratification to be mine when I should succeeded Brayman and then have the pleasure of telling him that I was the young soldier with whom he had refused to dine at Cairo, Illinois, many years before. Heroics of the kind do not affect me much. Brayman had forgotten the incident probable for the reason that bad manners were habitual with him. All in all, I do not wonder that he was a failure as a governor. He was too old to affiliate with the Westerners, and he lacked ordinary tact and manners.’
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Sources:
http://www.accessidaho.org/
http://www.politicalgraveyard.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/
“Basin of Gold: Life in Boise Basin, 1862-1890″ by Arthur A. Hart
“Idaho: An Illustrated History” published by The Idaho State Historical Society
?Idaho of Yesterday? by Thomas Donaldson
?It happened in Idaho? by Randy Stapilus
?History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains? by James H. Hawley?
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