LC control no. | no2016086853 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Saulsbury, Gove, 1815-1881 |
See also | Delaware. Governor (1865-1871 : Saulsbury) Graduate of: University of Pennsylvania Family: Saulsbury (Family : Dover, Del.) |
Associated country | United States |
Located | Dover (Del.) |
Birth date | 18150529 |
Death date | 18810731 |
Place of birth | Kent County (Del.) |
Place of death | Dover (Del.) |
Field of activity | Legislation Medicine Dentistry politics legislature government military |
Affiliation | Delaware College Democratic Party (U.S.) Delaware. General Assembly. Senate Wesley College (Dover, Del.) |
Profession or occupation | Legislators Governors Physicians Dentists Politicians |
Found in | Gove Saulsbury document for James B. Bell, 1870: finding aid (Delaware Governor Gove Saulsbury) National Governors Association website, March 22, 2016 (Delaware Governor Gove Saulsbury; office dates: March 1, 1865-January 17, 1871; born: May 29, 1815 in Kent County, Delaware; died July 31, 1881; Democrat; physician/dentist; attended Delaware College and graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a medical degree in 1842; entered politics in 1862 as a member and president of the Delaware State Senate; on March 1, 1865, Governor William Cannon died in office and Saulsbury, who was president of the Senate at the time, assumed the duties of the governor; after finishing Cannon's term, Saulsbury won election to the governor's office by popular vote on November 6, 1866; Saulsbury finished his term on January 17, 1871; two years later he was instrumental in establishing the Wesley College in Dover; in 1876 and 1880 he served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention) |
Associated language | eng |