John Shaffer

For 19th-century baseball player, see John Shaffer (baseball).

John Shaffer

John Wilson Shaffer (July 5, 1827 – October 31, 1870) was an American political leader. Born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Shaffer was active in Republican poliitics in Illinois and served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was appointed governor of the territory of Utah by President Ulysses S. Grant. He was known for his strict opposition of any hint of rebellion against the federal government, which led to concerns with the Mormon population. He died suddenly during his first year as governor.^[1]^[2]

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Political offices
Preceded by Charles Durkee	Governor of Utah Territory 1870	Succeeded by Vernon H. Vaughan

Governors of Utah

Territorial (1850–96)	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

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