Eli Houston Murray

Eli Houston Murray ( born February 10, 1843 in Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, † November 18, 1896 in Bowling Green, Kentucky ) was an American politician ( Republican).

Career

During the Civil War he attained the rank of brigadier general. After he finished his law studies at the University of Louisville. He married Evelyn Neal and worked as a U.S. Marshal, and newspaper editor. President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed him in 1880 to the territorial governor of the Utah territory. During his tenure, he confirmed the election of Allen G. Campbell as delegates to the Congress, however, never took his seat there. George Q. Cannon, a leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints and a polygamist, received as many votes as this more than ten times. Murray's attacks on Mormons extended beyond the borders of Utah and took effect on national policy, which polygamy was concerned. President Hays Murray appointed for a second term, but he was then in 1886 removed by President Grover Cleveland from office.

Murray worked until his return to Kentucky as a journalist in San Diego, California. The town of Murray in Salt Lake County was named after him.

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