| LC control no. | n 94113057 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Moonlight, Thomas, 1833-1899 |
| See also | Chief executive of: Wyoming Territory. Governor (1887-1889 : Moonlight) |
| Other standard no. | Q2426169 9083617 0000000034777564 |
| Associated country | Americans Kansans Wyomingites United States |
| Birth date | 1833 |
| Death date | 1899-02-07 |
| Place of birth | Forfar (Scotland : County) |
| Place of death | Leavenworth (Kan.) |
| Field of activity | Wyoming--Politics and government Kansas--Politics and government |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Governors Ambassadors Politicians |
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| Found in | NUCMC data from Wyoming State Archives for His Papers, 1887-1889 (Governor Thomas Moonlight; gov. of Wyoming Territory; b. Forfarshire, Scotland, 1833; d. Leavenworth, Kan., 1899; officer in 11th Kan. Inf., made colonel in 1864; elected Kansas Sec. of St. in 1868; elected Kansas st. sen. for Leavenworth County in 1872; appointed Gov. of Wyo. Terr. in 1887; appointed minister to Bolivia in 1893) Wyo. official dir., 1985: p. 239 (Thomas Moonlight; Terr. Gov., Jan. 24, 1887 to Apr. 9, 1889) Wikipedia, April 14, 2020 (Thomas Moonlight (September 30, 1833 - February 7, 1899) was a United States politician and soldier. Moonlight served as Governor of Wyoming Territory from 1887 to 1889; born in Forfarshire, Scotland. He was baptized on 30 September 1833 in St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland; birth date is frequently quoted as 10 November 1833 (including on his grave marker), but his baptism records exist for 30 September 1833; died Leavenworth, Kansas) WyoHistory.org, April 14, 2020 (Thomas Moonlight was born of Scottish farmer parentage, in Forfarshire, Scotland, November 10, 1833. He came to America when he was thirteen years old; Moonlight's Republican contacts obtained him positions as a presidential elector in 1864, and helped him be appointed United States Collector of Internal Revenue in 1867. Although elected Secretary of State for Kansas in 1868, Moonlight soon severed his relations with the Republican party due to his views on prohibition and became a Democrat in 1870. He was elected State Senator for Leavenworth County in 1872 and then appointed Governor of Wyoming Territory by President Cleveland on January 5, 1887. Governor Moonlight took the oath of office January 24, 1887 serving until April 9, 1889 and continued in government service as Minister to Bolivia for President Cleveland from 1893 to 1897. Thomas Moonlight died February 7, 1899, at Leavenworth, Kansas) |
| Associated language | eng |
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