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Nathan Oakes Murphy | |
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| 10th and 14th Governor of Arizona Territory | |
| In office August 1, 1898 – July 1, 1902 | |
| Appointed by | William McKinley |
| Preceded by | Myron H. McCord |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Oswald Brodie |
| In office May 11, 1892 – April 12, 1893 | |
| Appointed by | Benjamin Harrison |
| Preceded by | John N. Irwin |
| Succeeded by | Louis Cameron Hughes |
| Delegate to theU.S. House of Representatives from Arizona Territory | |
| In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | |
| Preceded by | Marcus A. Smith |
| Succeeded by | Marcus A. Smith |
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| Born | (1849-10-14)October 14, 1849 Jefferson, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | August 22, 1908(1908-08-22) (aged 58) Coronado, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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Nathan Oakes Murphy (October 14, 1849 – August 22, 1908) was the tenth and fourteenth Governor ofArizona Territory. As well as the territory's delegate to the House of Representatives.
Born inJefferson, Maine to Benjamin F. Murphy and Lucy Oakes Murphy.He attended the public schools.In 1856 the family moved to Wisconsin.From 1866 to 1869 he taught school in Wisconsin.He went to the western frontier and finally settled inPrescott, Arizona, in April 1883 where he engaged in mining and the real estate business.Secretary to the Governor of Arizona Territory in 1885.He was appointed secretary of Arizona Territory March 21, 1889.He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892.Governor of Arizona Territory 1892–1894.
Murphy was elected as aRepublican to theFifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896.Again Governor of Arizona Territory and served from 1898 to 1902, when he resigned.He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1900 to theFifty-seventh Congress.He died inCoronado, California, August 22, 1908.He was interred in the Masonic Cemetery,San Diego, California but reinterred atRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. in December 1909.
He supported theMormon settlers in Arizona. He was an advocate for the statehood of Arizona. His efforts to make Arizona a more legitimate state included a territorial library inPhoenix, increasing mining operations, and a museum at theUniversity of Arizona. He wanted the reduction on Indian reservations in Arizona. He also wanted the Prohibition of armed Indians.
Oakes's brother, Frank, was the owner of theCongress Mine, theSasco smelter, and the (MEOW) builder ofCastle Hot Springs. He also worked on what is now theSanta Fe Railroad, in northern Arizona.[1]
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| Preceded by | Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives fromArizona Territory 1895–1897 | Succeeded by Marcus A. Smith |
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