Samuel G. Cosgrove
Samuel G. Cosgrove | |
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| 6thGovernor of Washington | |
| In office January 27, 1909 – March 28, 1909 | |
| Lieutenant | Marion E. Hay |
| Preceded by | Albert E. Mead |
| Succeeded by | Marion E. Hay |
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| Born | Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove April 10, 1847 Tuscarawas County, Ohio,U.S. |
| Died | March 28, 1909(aged 61) Paso Robles, California,U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove(April 10, 1847 – March 28, 1909) was an American politician who served as thesixth governor of Washingtonfrom January to March 1909. He was aU.S. Civil Warveteran and aRepublican.
Biography
[edit]Cosgrove was born inTuscarawas County, Ohio[1]to a scholarly family, and one of twelve siblings, most of whom became teachers. He enlisted in the 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry of theUnion Armyat the age of sixteen, and served in theCivil War.[2]He was honorably discharged in July 1865.
After the war, Cosgrove taught school atWoodsfieldandBrooklyn, Ohio,and attendedOhio Wesleyan Universityearning M. A. and LL.B. degrees in 1873.[3]He read law under Hollister and Okey at Woodsfield and was admitted to the bar in 1875. He married Zephorena Edgerton inCleveland, Ohio,on June 26, 1878.[3]The couple had three children, Howard, Elliot, and Myrn.[4]
Career
[edit]Cosgrove left Ohio in 1880, spent a year mining inNevada,a year inCalifornia,and settled inPomeroy, Washingtonin 1882. He practiced law and managed 1400 acres of farm land in Washington and Idaho. He was president of the Pomeroy School Board for eight years, and the city's mayor for five terms.[2]
A candidate for Republican nomination at several state conventions, Cosgrove won the nomination in the firstprimaryafter adoption of a direct primary law, when no candidate won the majority and second-choice votes were added. After winning thegeneral election,he suffered a heart attack, was too weak to finish his inaugural address, and was granted a leave of absence, earning him the title "Washington's One-Day Governor".
Death
[edit]Cosgrove died March 28, 1909, inPaso Robles, Californiawhere he had gone to recuperate.[5]He is interred at Masonic Memorial Park,Tumwater, Washington.
References
[edit]- ^"Washington Governor Samuel G. Cosgrove".National Governors Association.RetrievedOctober 10,2012.
- ^ab"Samuel G. Cosgrove".National Governors Association.RetrievedOctober 11,2012.
- ^ab"Samuel G. Cosgrove".Washington Secretary of State.RetrievedOctober 11,2012.
- ^The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography.Vol. XIV. James T. White & Company. 1910. pp. 447–448.RetrievedDecember 18,2020– via Google Books.
- ^"Gov. Cosgrove Dies Suddenly".Los Angeles Times.Pasa Robles Hot Springs. Associated Press. March 29, 1909. p. 12.RetrievedDecember 18,2020– via Newspapers.
Further reading
[edit]- Stewart, Edgar I.Washington: Northwest Frontier,New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1957, p 203.
- Meany, Edmond S(1915).Governors of Washington: territorial and state.University of Washington.Available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection
External links
[edit]- HistoryLink[permanent dead link],William Howard Taft and Republicans win general elections in Washington on November 3, 1908.
- Washington Secretary of State
- Samuel G. CosgroveatFind a Grave
- National Governors Association
