Frederick Augustus Tritle

Frederick Augustus Tritle (born 7 August 1833 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, † November 18, 1906 in Phoenix, Arizona ) was an American politician and from 1882 to 1885 governor of the Arizona Territory.

Early years and rise in Nevada

Tritle attended the common schools and then studied law. In 1855 he was admitted to the bar. He then moved to Des Moines in Iowa, where he worked as a lawyer. He also went into the real estate business. In 1857 he moved to Council Bluffs, where he additionally went into the banking industry. About California, he finally came in February 1860 to Carson City, Nevada.

In Carson City, he worked in a store. At the same time he started to buy up mines and enter the mining industry. After another move to Virginia City, he was president of a mining company. There, he joined in the railway business. In 1869 he was present at the Golden Spike National Historic Site in Utah, as the east-west railway line was inaugurated. In the celebrations he brought a silver nail Nevada. Politically, Tritle member of the Republican Party. He became in 1866 a member of the Senate from Nevada, and ran unsuccessfully in 1870 for the governorship. Ten years later failed his candidacy for U.S. Senator for Nevada.

Territorial Governor of Arizona

Since 1880 Tritle was also active in the Arizona Territory in mining. In 1882 he was appointed by U.S. President Chester A. Arthur as the new territorial governor of the territory. His three-year tenure was marred by violence and crime in Arizona. Then there were also hostile Indians. The establishment of a professional army to suppress the violence was rejected by both the Congress and of the Legislature of the Territory. In the meantime, the use of the U.S. Army to calm the situation was considered. In addition to these problems was the exploitation of the natural resources of the area of the major concerns Tritles. The immigration of many Mormons created another problem between the way of life of this community of faith and the other settlers. It focused mainly on the question of polygamy.

The biggest problem of his further tenure was corruption in the legislature and the administration. This took the upper hand, and though Tritle was never brought personally to these matters in conjunction suffered his reputation and his standing among them. After the inauguration of the new President Grover Cleveland Tritle presented in October 1885 for his resignation.

Further CV

After the end of his term Tritle remained in Arizona. In 1886 he was a delegate of the territory in the U.S. House of Representatives in conversation. In 1891 he was was discussed at a meeting at which a constitution for Arizona. Between 1895 and 1897 he was employed in the district administration in Yavapai County. In 1900 he was appointed by President William McKinley appointed head of the census for the territory of Arizona. Then, his health became progressively worse. He moved to one of his sons to Phoenix, where he died in 1906. Since 1862 he was married to Jane Catherine Hereford. The couple had four sons and a daughter. By his marriage was Tritle brother of Frank Hereford, who represented the state of West Virginia in both houses of Congress from 1871 to 1880.