Davis Hanson Waite

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Davis Hanson Waite

Davis Hanson Waite (born April 9, 1825 in Jamestown , New York , †  November 29, 1901 ) was an American politician ( Populist Party ) and from 1893 to 1895 the eighth governor of the state of Colorado .

Early years and advancement

Davis Waite attended Jamestown Academy and then studied law with his father. After moving to Wisconsin , he was elected to the local House of Representatives in 1856 . After a few more moves, he came to Kansas in 1879 , where he was also elected to the state parliament. In 1881 he settled in Aspen, Colorado, where he worked as a lawyer and joined the Populist Party. He was also the editor of the Union Era newspaper.

Governor of colorado

In 1892 he was elected the new governor of his state, where he prevailed with 47:42 percent of the vote against the Republican Joseph C. Helm. Waite took up his new office on January 10, 1893. Women's suffrage came into effect in Colorado during his two-year tenure . At that time, there were also strikes in the railways and mining, which the governor had to grapple with. In 1894, Waite ran unsuccessfully for re-election. Therefore, he had to give up his office on January 8, 1895.

Even after the end of his tenure, Waite remained interested in politics. He continued to support his party, which more and more merged with the Democratic Party during the late 1890s . Waite continued to publish a populist newspaper. He died in November 1901. Davis Waite was married twice with a total of five children.

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