John Thomas Caine

John Thomas Caine ( born January 8, 1829 the Isle of Man, England; † September 20, 1911 in Salt Lake City, Utah ) was an American politician. Between 1882 and 1893 he represented the Utah Territory as a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and career

John Caine attended the public schools of his home. In 1846 he came to the United States, where he first settled in New York City. In 1848 he moved to St. Louis in Missouri. Since 1852 he has been resident in the Utah Territory, where he worked as a teacher. Since 1847 he was a member of the Mormon movement that the majority of the population accounted for in Utah. Between 1856 and 1860 he was, except in 1858, executive officer of the territorial Government Council. In 1870 John Caine was one of the founders of the newspaper " Salt Lake Herald ". Caine was a member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1872 and 1882 he was a delegate to the Constituent Assemblies for Utah. From 1874 to 1882 he joined the Territorial Government, 1876-1882, he was town clerk in Salt Lake City.

Controversial congressional elections

In the congressional elections of 1880 took place in Utah Territory to turbulence. Although the previous delegates George Q. Cannon was re-elected by the Republican party with a clear majority, spoke territorial governor Eli Houston Murray to win his opponent Allen G. Campbell of the Liberal Party. This was justified, among others, on charges of polygamy, which is incompatible with the oath of office of the members of Congress. Although Cannon was after he had lodged complaints to occur by the administration of the Congress for permission there as a delegate for the Utah Territory. On February 25, 1882, the House of Representatives finally decided that neither of the two candidates is entitled to exercise the mandate. The free seating of delegates for Utah went to a by-election to John Caine, who took up his new mandate on November 7, 1882.

Political career

After several re- elections John Caine was able to exercise his office in the U.S. Congress until March 3, 1893. During the last two legislative sessions since 1889, he represented the short-lived People's Party. In the elections of 1892 he no longer candied for Congress. Caine then returned to the Democratic Party. At the first election for governor of the new state, he ran unsuccessfully in 1895 for this office. In 1896 he was elected to the Senate from Utah. Later, he took over as manager of the management of the newspaper " Salt Lake Herald ". John Thomas Caine died in September 1911 and was buried in Salt Lake City.