Samuel Beach Axtell

Samuel Beach Axtell ( born October 14, 1819 Franklin County, Ohio; † August 7, 1891 in Morristown, New Jersey ) was an American politician. He served in 1874 as governor of the Utah Territory, and from 1875 to 1878 as governor of New Mexico Territory.

Early years

Axtell attended the local schools of his home in Ohio and then Oberlin College and the Western Reserve College. After a subsequent law degree, he was admitted to the Bar in 1843, after which he worked in Michigan in Mount Clemens in this profession. In 1851 he participated in yet on the Californian Gold Rush. However, he had little success in the search for gold. Instead, he became interested in politics.

Political rise

Between 1854 and 1860 Axtell District Attorney was in Amador County, California. In 1860 he moved to San Francisco where he worked as a lawyer. Between 1867 and 1871 he represented California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. In 1874 he was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant to the territorial governor of Utah. A year later he moved also as governor of the New Mexico Territory.

Territorial Governor of New Mexico

Samuel Axtell officiated 1875-1878 as Governor in the area. His tenure was rather ingloriously. In the countryside, in the already violence and lawlessness were widespread, also the governor involved in illegal activities. A later examination of his term of office by Frank Angel, an inspector of the federal government, came to the conclusion that " corruption, fraud, mismanagement, conspiracies, intrigues and murders worse in Axtells tenure were as everything you experienced in U.S. history up to that point have. " the behavior of the governor promoted a further increase in crime and violence in this open area. this ultimately led to his dismissal by Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz or by President Rutherford B. Hayes.

Further CV

Despite the incidents in New Mexico Axtell was never used for legal responsibility. On the contrary: In 1882 he was appointed Chief Justice in this territory. With the accession of President Grover Cleveland but then ended Axtells office as judges. The new president had no intention to let Axtell in office. Therefore, this came to forestall his release in May 1885 voluntarily. In 1890 he became chairman of the Republican Party in New Mexico Territory. Samuel Axtell died a year later during a visit to New Jersey.

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