Vernon H. Vaughan

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Vernon H. Vaughan

Vernon H. Vaughan (February 11, 1838 – December 4, 1878) was an American political leader. Born in Mount Meigs, Alabama, he served as Utah territorial secretary to Governor John Shaffer, and after Shaffer's untimely death in office, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Vaughan to fill the vacancy as acting governor. He served a single uneventful year and was not reappointed.^[1]^[2]

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Political offices
Preceded by John Shaffer	Governor of Utah Territory 1870–1871	Succeeded by George Lemuel Woods

v t e 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	Vaughan, Vernon H.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	February 11, 1838
Place of birth	Mount Meigs, Alabama
Date of death	December 4, 1878
Place of death

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