David Ogden Watkins (June 8, 1862June 20, 1938) was the acting

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from 1898 to 1899.

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Watkins was born in

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from 1887 to 1899 as a Republican. On October 18, 1898, Governor Foster MacGowan Voorhees resigned from office, and Watkins become acting governor in his capacity as

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of the

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, Serving until January 16, 1899, when Voorhees returned as governor. From 1900 to 1903 he served as the

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and from 1903 to 1909 he was the state's Commissioner of Banking and Insurance. He died on June 20, 1938, twelve days after his 76th birthday. He was buried in Green Cemetery in Woodbury.

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