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I --.* rJK^p£' ALEXANDER RAMSEY—1849-1853—1860-1863. Alexander Ramses, the first territorial governor and also the second ?tate governor, was born near Harris burg. Fa Sept. 8, 1S13 He was admitted to the bar in 1S39 and practiced law at Haru&burg. He entered politics and helped to carry Pennsylvania for Fiesident W. H. Harrison. In 1843 he was elected to congress and re-elected in 1S44. In March. 1849. President Taylor appointed Ramsey governor of the newly organized territory of Min nesota. He was elected mayor of St. Paul in 1S55. In 18(53 he was elected United States senator and then re-elected President Hayes appointed him secretary of war in 1879, and he served in that capacity until the Garfield administration began. He died at his home in St. Paul Aprii 22, 1903. WILLIS A. GORMAN—1853-1857. "Willis A. Gorman, the second teiutorial governor, was born near Flem -fcigsburg. Ky Jan 12. 1SK lie was guduated tiom the law department of Indiana university in 1S3(5. and he was elected to the state legislature in Indiana and served five or six teims. He enlisted as a private in the Third Indiana lcgiment for service in the Mexican war in 1846 and was chosen major. He was at the battle of Duena Vista, where his horse was shot under him, and he received permanent injury from the fall. A year later he raised the Fourth reaiment, Indiana volunteers, became its colonel and served until the close of the Mexican war In 1S48 Gorman was elected to congress and served until March 4. 1853 The following May he was ap pointed governor of the territory of Minnesota by President Pierce to suc ceed Alexander Ramsey. Governor Gorman served as colonel of the First Minnesota volunteers during the civil war and was made brigadier general of volunteers. He was the first Democratic governor of Minnesota. SAMUEL MEDARY—1857-1858. Samuel Medary, the third and last territorial governor of Minnesota, was born in Montgomery Square. Pa., I'eb. 25. 1801. He attended Norristown academy. In 1825 he went to Batavia, O., and became, respectively, county surveyor, school trustee and county auditor. In 1828 he established the Ohio Sun. He was elected to the state assembly as a Jackson man in 1834 and was afterward sent to the state senate, serving two years. He then went to Columbus and bought the Western Hemisphere, which later became, the Ohio Statesman and which he edited until 1857. As chairman of the Ohio delegation to the Baltimore convention he took a leading part in nomi nating Polk Ho was appointed governor of Minnesota territory by President Buchanan He served from April 23. 1857. to May 24, 1858. He was terrt ^*~torial governor of Kansas in 1859-60. He died in Columbus, O., Nov. 7, 1864. •--i',4?-' «'&4_yy* *:& *^jji _(_£- %,—^rn Zr^g With j^qgp. iv HENRY A. SWIFT—l&fcc-1364. Henry A. Swift was born at Kavemia. O, Maith 2:. 1S2:S. He was given a common school education and entered the Western Reserve college at Hudson, from which he was graduated lie studied law7 and was admitted to the bar in 1845. He was assistant clerk in the Ohio legislature in 184G-7, and the following term he held the chief clerkship of the Ohio house of representatives. He removed to St Paul in 1833 and to St. Peter in 1856. The Republicans nominated him for congress- in 1857. but he was defeated. In 18G1 he was elected to the state senate and became ex officio lieutenant governor. Early the same year Goveruoi Ramsey resigned and Mr Swift became governor. He held the office only about six months, however, and refused the nomination of the Republican party convention that fall He died March 5, ISG9. STEPHEN MILLER—1864-1866. Stephen Miller was born in Perry, Pa., Jan. 17, 1S1G. He was given a common school education He was an old line Whig and was elected probate officer of Dauphin county in 1849. which position he held until 1855. At the same time he was editor of the Telegraph, a Whig paper at Harrisburg. Failing health induced him .to move to Minnesota, and in 1858 he engaged in the merchandise business at St. Cloud. Two years later he was elected del egate at large to the convention that nominated Lincoln for president, and later in the same year his name beaded the electoral ticket. When the civil war broke out he enlisted as a private, but was appointed lieutenant colonel of the First regiment by Governor Ramsey and served with that regiment until September. TSTi, when he was promoted to a colonelcy and given command of the Seventh regiment He \va? promoted to the rank of brig adier general and shortly afterward was elected governor.^gHe died at Worthington in 1SS1. S S %.^£r H?*^ TP»3? „r^. --,,. __. ___ii 1858-1860. Henry H. Sibley, the first state governor, was born at Detroit, Mich., Feb. 20, 1S11. In 1S34 he formed a partnership ^ith H. L. Uousman and Joseph Rolette in the American Fur Company of New York and became the chief factor in the fur trade and grew wealthy. Governor Chambers of Iowa territory in 1S38 appointed Sibley the first justice of the peace west of the Mississippi in the present Minnesota. In 1S49 he was elected to congress from the new territory and was re-elected in 1831. He was elected president of the Democratic branch of the constitutional convention and in 1858 was elected first governor of the state of Minnesota, defeating Alexander Ramsey. He served in the legislature in 1871. GOA ernor Ramsey appointed him commander of the expedition against the Sioux Indians in the uprising of 1802. and he won a dccisho wctory over the savages at Woodlake. General Sibloy died at his home in St. Paul Feb 18, 1891. 39th Annual I WH CO FAIR New Ulm, MinnM SEPT 13.14 & 15.1909 A NEW $3000 Exhibition Hall for exhibits of vegetables, grains, fruits, ladies' and children's handiwork and merchants' displays. New Barns for Horses, Cattle Etc. Music by 2nd Regt. Band on grand stand, and Orchestra in building. A NEW FEATURE Auction Sale of Pure Bred Cattle SENSATIONAL FREE ACTS Brazelly Sisters Douglas & Douglas The Great Samoya Just the Word "Old." Gunner—Yes, that's a girls' yacht ing club, and they run a yacht with out any male help. %£t Guyer—And they will never forgive that editor for writing them up. Gunner—Why, he merely said ihey were "tars." SE RACES Horses from Iowa, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota entered in the races. 2:20 Pace, 3:00 Trot, 2:35 Pace, 2:30 Trot. Running Race each day. These are the Dates: Sept-13,14 and 1 5 MONSTER EXPOSITION O NORTHWESTERN PRODUCTS AWOHLD' a EAIR .AT HOME $1,000,000 AGMCULTURALJiORTlCULTUllAL/LIVE STOCK EXHIBITS—327ACRES OP MODERN INDUSTRIAL TRIUMPHS-rTHOUSANDS OF STELLARATTRACTIONS MYRIADS OF EDIFYING AMUSEMENTS-RED HOT SPEED EVENTS ON THEWORLD'S RECOHD TRACK BRILLIANT AUTOMOBILE SHOW-FASCINATING AND FORTUNE COMPELLING VAUDEVILLE AND CIRCUS PROGRAMS—DAZZLING PYROTECHNJCAL DISPLAYS BIG HIPPODROME SHOW EYERY EVENING. A t. Guyer—No, he said they were "old tars." sr*: a ^2 just the NameM ii ~^^M^m Gunner—That's a fine-looking aparfe^ & ment house over there. I S Guyer—Yes, it is occupied by the atrical people. Called a court, too. Gunner—Ah, something fancy, like "Duke's court" or King's court," 1 presume? Guyer—No, it is called "Divorce court." *, & v@ ^48 Ji •Dfii "if 1I|•igp 4ft ^n "4% •s# ^-5 '»& h$ ii*Sfe y*s rH ft 1 & -ri & '$ 4