George W. Emery

George W. Emery

George W. Emery
11th Governor of Utah Territory
In office 1875–1880
Preceded by	Samuel Beach Axtell
Succeeded by	Eli Houston Murray
Personal details
Born	August 13, 1830(1830-08-13) Penobscot, Maine
Died	July 10, 1909(1909-07-10) (aged 78) Marshfield, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican
Profession	Lawyer

George W. Emery (August 13, 1830 – July 10, 1909) was the eleventh governor of Utah Territory. Emery was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant for Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the confederate states from 1870 to 1874 and governor in 1875. After his term ended in 1880, the Utah Legislature named Emery County, Utah in honor of him.

References

"George W. Emery". Utah History to Go. State of Utah. http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/governors/territorial/emery.html. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
McMullin, Thomas A.; Walker, David (1984). Biographical Directory of American Territorial Governors. Westport, Connecticut: Meckler Publishing. ISBN 9780930466114.
Whitney, Orson F. (April 1893). History of Utah. Volume 2. Salt Lake City: George Cannon & Sons Co.. http://www.archive.org/details/historyofutahcom02whit. Retrieved February 11, 2011.

Political offices
Preceded by Samuel Beach Axtell	Governor of Utah Territory 1875–1880	Succeeded by Eli Houston Murray

Governors of Utah

	Territorial (1850–1896)	Young · Cumming · Dawson · Harding · Doty · Durkee · Shaffer · Vaughan · Woods · Axtell · Emery · Murray · West · Thomas · West

	State (since 1896)	Wells · Cutler · Spry · Bamberger · Mabey · Dern · Blood · Maw · Lee · Clyde · Rampton · Matheson · Bangerter · Leavitt · Walker · Huntsman · Herbert

Persondata
Name	Emery, George W.
Alternative names
Short description	11th Governor of the Territory of Utah
Date of birth	August 13, 1830
Place of birth	Penobscot, Maine
Date of death	July 10, 1909
Place of death	Marshfield, Massachusetts