Eben Sumner Draper

Ebenezer Sumner Draper (* June 17, 1858 in Hopedale, Worcester County, Massachusetts, † April 9, 1914 in Greenville, South Carolina ) was an American politician and from 1909 to 1911 Governor of Massachusetts.

Early years and political rise

Ebenezer Draper attended after elementary school until 1878, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). After that, he worked in the company George Draper and Sons ' Company, which was the largest clothing manufacturer in the United States at that time. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In 1892 he was one of its Executive Board in Massachusetts. In June 1896 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in St. Louis, on the William McKinley was nominated as presidential candidate of the party. In the re-election four years later McKinley Draper was one of the electors. Between 1906 and 1908 Ebenezer Draper was as Deputy Governor Deputy Governor Curtis Guild, whose successor he was elected on November 3, 1908. He sat down with 52:38 percent of the vote against the Democrats by James H. Vahey.

Governor of Massachusetts

Draper took up his new post on January 7, 1909. After a re-election he was able to officiate as governor until January 5, 1911. During his reign the ports of the state were expanded and in the field of environmental protection, the forests were protected. A bill of the legislature, which would have limited the working day to eight hours, was rejected by Governor Draper using his veto. In 1910, Draper failed in an attempt to re- re-election.

After the end of his governorship to Draper retired from politics and devoted himself to his private and business interests. He died in April 1914 in Greenville, South Carolina. With his wife Nannie Bristow had three children.