John Eugene Osborne
John Eugene Osborne ( born June 19, 1858 in Westport, Essex County, New York, † April 24, 1943 in Rawlins, Wyoming ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, Governor of the State of Wyoming as well as a Member of the House of Representatives of the United States.
Biography
After school he studied medicine at the University of Vermont, from which he graduated in 1880 with the graduation. He then began his career as a doctor at the Union Pacific Railroad. From this time a story is handed down, after which he left in 1881 to soak the body of a lynched man in a salt solution to peel the skin, so that he could turn it into, among others, a pair of shoes. When he was elected in 1892 to the Governor of the new State of Wyoming, he is said to have worn these shoes. After he had settled in Rawlins, he was successful in the pharmaceutical and livestock industry and ended up being the largest sheep farmer in Wyoming Territory.
His political career began in 1883 with the election of a member of the Territorial Assembly ( Territorial Assembly); However, he resigned soon after, when he left the territory. After his return he became in 1888 chairman of the Commission for the construction of prisons ( Penitentiary Building Commission ) appointed and already chosen a year later in 1889 the mayor of Rawlins.
After his election as Governor of the State of Wyoming, he was from 2 January 1895 to January 7, 1897 Office and waived despite a nomination by the Democratic Party for re-election. Subsequently, he was from March 1897 to March 1899 deputy in the U.S. House of Representatives, however, came here not for re-election at.
After the election of Woodrow Wilson as U.S. president, he was appointed from 1913 to 1916 for 29 Assistant Secretary of State (Deputy Foreign Minister ) under the Foreign Ministers of William Jennings Bryan and Robert Lansing. He was until 1917 one of the closest collaborators in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After that, he was most recently CEO of Rawlins National Bank.