Eli C. D. Shortridge

Eli C. D. Shortridge (March 29, 1830 – February 4, 1908)^[1] was an American politician who was the third Governor of North Dakota from 1893 to 1895. Shortridge was the first governor to live in the executive mansion.^[2]

Biography

Born Eli Charles Daniel Shortridge, he was the eighth of nine children born to Levi and Elizabeth Love Shortridge. Shortridge was born in Cabell County, West Virginia, and grew up in Monroe County, Missouri.^[3] He completed his education at an academy located near Paris, Missouri. He moved to Larimore, North Dakota with his family, second wife Anna Burton and twin daughters, in 1882.

Career

Shortridge ran for governor ten years later in 1893 on a fusion ticket composed of Populists, Democrats, and the Farmers' Alliance, who merged into a single Democratic-Independent Party. The new party was very successful, but very short-lived; the party dissolved soon after Shortridge's retirement.

During his administration, Shortridge approved the issuance of $50,000 in bonds to construct the south wing of the state capitol and approved the purchase of an executive mansion for the governor's residence. He also supported an appropriation for a state elevator at Duluth, Minnesota. An out-of-state terminal elevator was not constructed largely due to a provision requiring North Dakota sovereignty over any elevator site. The bill passed, but the provision that Minnesota or Wisconsin would have to cede sovereignty over the site created an unacceptable situation for both states. Governor Shortridge retired from office after one term. He was appointed clerk of the General Land Office at Devils Lake, North Dakota.

After the death of Anna, Shortridge married a third time to Dorcas Virginia Brady and they had five children.

Death

Shortridge died on February 4, 1908,^[4] and is interred at Devil's Lake Cemetery, Devil's Lake, North Dakota.

References

↑ "Eli C. D. Shortridge". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
↑ "ELI C. D. SHORTRIDGE". State Historical Society of North Dakota. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
↑ "North Dakota Governor Eli C. D. Shortridge". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
↑ "Eli C. D. Shortridge". National Governors Association. Retrieved 3 September 2012.

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Political offices
Preceded by Andrew H. Burke	Governor of North Dakota 1893–1895	Succeeded by Roger Allin

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

Third-party governors of U.S. states

Populist Party	William A. Poynter Andrew E. Lee John W. Leedy John Rankin Rogers Silas A. Holcomb Lorenzo D. Lewelling Davis Hanson Waite

Silver Party	Denver S. Dickerson John Sparks Reinhold Sadler John Jones

Other parties	Jesse Ventura Lowell Weicker Wally Hickel Elmer Austin Benson Hjalmar Petersen Philip La Follette Floyd B. Olson Sidney Johnston Catts John P. Buchanan William E. Cameron

Independents	Lincoln Chafee Charlie Crist Angus King James B. Longley Eli C. D. Shortridge Bill Walker Julius Meier

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