Joseph M. Devine

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Joseph McMurray Devine (March 15, 1861 – August 31, 1938)^[1] was an American politician who was the Republican Governor of North Dakota from 1898 to 1899. He served as governor for less than one year as he finished the term after Governor Frank A. Briggs died in office

Biography

Joseph M. Devine was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, and educated in the public schools. He received a B. A. degree from the University of West Virginia in 1881.^[2] He married Ida Frances Holloway in 1891 and they had one daughter. He was again married, in 1900, to Mary Bernadine Hascom; and had a son, Douglas, and two daughters, Helen and Bernadine. He moved to LaMoure County, Dakota Territory in 1884 and was superintendent of schools for ten years.

Career

He first entered politics as Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota in 1897. When Governor Frank A. Briggs died on August 9, 1898, Devine, assumed the duties of governorship for the remainder of the term. He won reelection as Lieutenant Governor from 1899 through 1901^[3] He continued to be active in educational issues. The Last position he held was as State Immigration Commissioner from 1923 to 1933.^[4]

Death

Devine died of heart failure on August 31, 1938, and is interred in Mandan Union Cemetery in Mandan, North Dakota.^[5]

References

↑ "Joseph M. Devine". Find A Grave. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
↑ "Joseph M. Devine". Soylent Communications. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
↑ "Joseph M. Devine". National Governors Association. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
↑ "Joseph M. Devine". National Governors Association. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
↑ "Joseph M. Devine". Soylent Communications. Retrieved 4 September 2012.

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Political offices
Preceded by John H. Worst	Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota 1897–1898	Succeeded by David Bartlett
Preceded by Frank A. Briggs	Governor of North Dakota 1898–1899	Succeeded by Frederick B. Fancher
Preceded by John G. Halland	North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction 1901–1902	Succeeded by Walter L. Stockwell

v t e Governors and Lieutenant Governors of North Dakota

Governors	Miller A. Burke Shortridge Allin Briggs Devine Fancher White Sarles J. Burke Hanna Frazier Nestos Sorlie Maddock Shafer Langer O. Olson Moodie Welford Langer Moses Aandahl Brunsdale Davis Guy Link A. Olson Sinner Schafer Hoeven Dalrymple

Lieutenant Governors	Dickey Allin Wallace Worst Devine Bartlett Lewis Burdick Kraabel Fraine Kraabel Wood Hyland Maddock Carr Olson Welford Thoresen Patterson Oscar Hagen Holt Dahl Schnell Dahl Duffy Dahl Hagen Wenstrom Tighe Larsen Sanstead Sands Meiers Omdahl Myrdal Dalrymple Wrigley

Persondata
Name	Devine, Joseph M.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	March 15, 1861
Place of birth
Date of death	August 31, 1938
Place of death

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