Louis K. Church

Louis Kossuth Church ( born December 11, 1846 in Brooklyn, New York City; † November 25, 1898 in Juneau, Alaska ) was an American politician and 1887-1889 of 9 territorial governor of Dakota Territory.

Early years

Louis Church attended the Hudson River Institute in New York and then studied law. After graduating and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to practice in his new profession. Church was a member of the Democratic Party and was elected in 1882 in the state parliament of New York. There he joined the Republican Theodore Roosevelt friendship. Together they supported the Democratic governor of the state Grover Cleveland in its successful fight against the Tammany Society. After his election as U.S. president to Cleveland showed gratitude and appointed Church judge in the third judicial district of Dakota Territory. Following the resignation of Gilbert A. Pierce from the office of territorial governor Church was appointed by President Cleveland as his successor. He was the first territorial governor, who belonged to the Democratic Party.

Territorial Governor

Louis Church took up his new post on February 21, 1887. In Dakota his appointment was not met with unanimous approval, because some Democratic politicians prefer Ziebach Frank, a local politician, would have seen in this office. As Governor, he was very economical and questioned each bill. Together with the former governors Nehemiah G. Ordway and John L. Pennington, he opposed the plan to split the territory into two separate states (North and South Dakota). This division, however, was wanted by the Republican Party, which the U.S. promised a larger majority in the U.S. Congress by the entry of two supposedly republican States. After President Cleveland had lost the presidential election to Republican Benjamin Harrison, Church took place in Washington no more political support. Also in Dakota took the opposition to his policies, particularly on the question of the division of the territory, too. Four days after the inauguration of President Harrison Church occurred on 9 March 1889 by his office.

Further CV

After his resignation Church became a lawyer in Huron, South Dakota. Later he moved to Seattle in Washington State. Louis Church died in 1898 during a trip to Alaska to pneumonia.

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