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Arthur Lloyd Thomas (August 22, 1851 – September 15, 1924) was the governor of the
Utah Territory The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, the 45th st ...
from 1889 to 1893.


Biography

Born in
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, Thomas grew up in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ...
. Thomas was a staffer for US Representative James S. Negley of Pennsylvania; he came to Utah in 1879, upon his appointment as secretary of Utah Territory by US President Hayes. His nomination for that position was confirmed by the US Senate in April of that year. The position of Secretary of the Territory became "Secretary of State" upon Utah's statehood; it was renamed to "Lieutenant Governor" in 1976. Thomas ran unsuccessfully in the 1895 election of
Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
's first governor, held immediately ahead of the territory achieving statehood in 1896. He was appointed postmaster of
Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...
by US President McKinley in 1898, a position he held until 1914.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Arthur Lloyd Governors of Utah Territory Politicians from Chicago Politicians from Pittsburgh 1851 births 1924 deaths