Caleb Walton West (May 25, 1844 – January 25, 1909) was an American politician. Born in Cynthiana in

Harrison County, Kentucky Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,692. Its county seat is Cynthiana. The county was founded in 1793 and named for Colonel Benjamin Harrison, an advocate for Kentuc ...

, West was a

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veteran and a municipal judge in Kentucky. He was Governor of

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 ...

twice, between 1886 and 1888 and between 1893 and 1896, the last before statehood.

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