LC control no. | n 81107806 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Gorman, Willis Arnold, 1816-1876 |
See also | Minnesota Territory. Governor (1853-1857 : Gorman) |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1816-01-12 |
Death date | 1876-05-20 |
Place of birth | Flemingsburg (Ky.) |
Place of death | Saint Paul (Minn.) |
Affiliation | Minnesota Territory. Governor Indiana. General Assembly. House of Representatives |
Profession or occupation | Politicians Lawyers |
Found in | His Speech, 1851. Wikipedia, August 19, 2019 (Willis A. Gorman; Willis Arnold Gorman (January 12, 1816 - May 20, 1876) was an American lawyer, soldier, politician, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War; born near Flemingsburg, Kentucky; in 1835, the family moved to Bloomington, Indiana, where Gorman graduated from Indiana University's law school in 1835; from 1841 to 1844, he was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives; served as the second Territorial Governor of Minnesota from May 15, 1853, to April 23, 1857; elected City attorney of St. Paul in 1869, and continued in that position until his death. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul) |
Associated language | eng |