Posted on: Query Forum for <br><FONT SIZE=+4>Unknown Place</font> in Idaho ONLY<br> <FONT SIZE=+1>If you know the place, go to the county site.</font> Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Id/Unknown/10456 Surname: Bennett ------------------------- Idaho Territory.... act of Congress organizes March 3, 1863.....President Lincoln Appointed William H. Wallace governor of the new territory... on September 22, 1863 formaly organizes the new territorial gorvernment... Soon Caleb Lyon was in the governors chair in 1864, and was last seen fleeing to Portland from where the plot to move the state capitol from Lewiston to Boise was hatched.....next was Samuel Bard agreed to take the job but decided to stay in Atlanta, Georgia....next Gilman Marston of New Hampshire a lawyer, but upon receiving his degree from Dartmout was not willing to do the job for the salary of $2500 per year.....Next Alexander H. Connor a prominet Indiana attorny.... but he declined the appointment.... Next Ebenezer Dumont, but he died before his commission could be carried out.....next Thomas M. Bowen a former brigadier general who was now a judge in Arkansas.... took the job but after spending a few days in the new territory they headed back, as they couldn't stand the country... The information that I have on a Bennett who was Teritorrial Govenor of Idaho is.... In 1870-71 General Ullysses S. Grant was having difficulty in finding somewho would accept the governorship of far-off Idaho Territory. After several trys he finally came up with Thomas W. Bennett who had been mayor of Richmond, Indiana. Bennett who served as Idaho's Territorial Governor from 1871 to 1875 has been described as "the most jovial, reckless gentleman who ever sat in a gubernatorial chair". In 1874, Bennett ran for Congress, and although he did not get the most votes, as chairman of the Board of Canvassers he declared himself elected. He served as a Delegate to Congress from 1875 to 1877 when he was thrown out and replaced by Stephen S. Fenn of Mount Idaho... D.P. Thompson a westerner from Portland replaced Bennett. Thompson only spent 19 days in Idaho Territory while governor. He resigned and I do not know who took the governorship until 1885 when Edward A. Stevenson served until 1889 and then George L. Shoup 1889-1890.... and then was elected governor if the new state of Idaho..... Will see if I can fill in the gap from Thompson to Stevenson... ca 1876 to 1885... Dick Southern Ilo-Vollmer Historical Society...