Territorial Executive Branch
Abstracted from "The Idaho Blue Book, 2007-2008," published by Secretary of State, Ben Ysursa, for the State of Idaho.
Idaho Territory established by an act of Congress on March 4, 1863, and signed by President Lincoln on July 3, 1863. The Territory was organized at Lewiston:
GOVERNORS appointed Wallace, William H 03-10-1863 Lyon, Caleb 02-26-1864 Ballard, David M. 04-10-1866 Bard, Samuel 03-30-1870 Marston, Gilman 06-07-1870 Connor, Alexander H. 01-12-1871 Bowen, Thomas M. 04-19-1871 Bennett, Thomas W. 10-24-1871 Thompson, David P. 12-16-1875 Brayman, Mason 07-24-1876 Hoyt, John P 08-07-1878 Neil, John B. 07-12-1880 Irwin, John N. 03-02-1883 Bunn, William M. 03-26-1884 Stevenson, Edward A. * 09-29-1885 Shoup, George L. 04-01-1889
* C. J. Brosnan, "History of Idaho", Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935; p. 199:
"Edward Stevenson, Idaho's first and only Democratic territorial governor, received his appointment from President Cleveland, September 29, 1885. For several years prior to his appointment to the territorial governorship, he had been a mining man at Idaho City. He was the first governor who was a resident of Idaho at the time of his appointment.
"Governor Stevenson was apparently a member of a political family. At the same time he was governor of the state of Idaho, his brother was also governor of the state of Nevada. In 1887, Governor Edward A. Stevenson received a visit from his brother-governor. The unusual event was long remembered by territorial pioneers."
Stevenson is buried at the Pioneer Cemetery in Boise as are many other pioneers. walking tour with bios..
"Idaho Almanac," 1977 Edition, published by The Executive Office of the Governor, John V. Evans and The Idaho Division of Tourism and Industrial Development, State Capitol Building, Boise, Idaho, p. 8:
"The story of the territorial governors reads not like a whodunit, but like a whodidn't. Sixteen governors were appointed by presidents between 1863 and statehood 27 years later. Five of the governors never set foot in Idaho. . . . All but one of the territorial governors were Republican, but the legislatures were Deomocratic, elected by the Confederate refugees who had moved to the mines. . . .For one 18-month period, Idaho Territory didn't even have a governor on paper. Had it not been for Edward J. Curtis, who served 16 years as Secretary of Idaho and more often than not as acting governor, governmentally territorial Idaho would have been a mess. . . . The average stay of the territorial governors was 20 months. The last two, Edward Adlai Stevenson and George L. Shoup, were bona fide residents of the territory. Shoup lead the transition to statehood . . ."
TERRITORIAL SECRETARIES OF STATE Daniels, William B. 03-10-1863 Smith, C. DeWitt 07-04-1864 Gilson, Horace G. 09-04-1865 Howlett, S. R. 07-26-1866 Curtis, Edward J. 05-04-1869 reappointed 02-05-1874 Sidebotham, Robert A. 04-29-1878 Singiser, Theodore F. 12-22-1880 Curtis, Edward L. 03-03-1883 Pride, David P.B. 07-02-1884 Curtis, Edward J. 02-12-1885 reappointed 02-12-1889 AUDITORS AND CONTROLLERS Bacon, John M. 07-23-1863 Lamkin, Benjamin F. 09-23-1863 reappointed 02-06-1864 reappointed 12-23-1864 Lane, Horace B. 01-27-1867 Bishop, William R. 05-14-1867 Cram, Daniel 01-01-1868 reappointed 01-16-1871 reappointed 01-07-1873 Perrault, Joseph 01-15-1875 reappointed 01-15-1877 Onderdonk, James L. 02-14-1881 reappointed 02-14-1883 Moody, Silas W. 02-07-1885 Wickersham, J.H. 02-11-1887 reappointed 02-08-1889 TREASURERS Kenyon, Derrick S. 09-07-1863 reappointed 02-08-1864 Smith, Ephraim 02-23-1864 Sterling, Edward C. 01-07-1867 reappointed 01-16-1869 Gray, John S. 01-16-1871 Huntoon, John 02-16-1872 reappointed 01-07-1872 reappointed 01-07-1873 reappointed 01-15-1875 Perrault, Joseph 02-12-1885 Himrod, Charles 02-12-1887 reappointed 02-08-1889 ATTORNEYS GENERAL Pride, D.P.B. 02-07-1885 Johnson, Richard Z. 02-05-1887 reappointed 02-08-1889 SUPERINTENDENTS OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Chittenden, J. R. 12-23-1864 Bishop, W. R. 07-25-1866 Moody, Silas W. 02-11-1887 Stevenson, Charles C. 02-11-1889
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