George W. Cheyney

George W. Cheyney (born September 1, 1854 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † August 14, 1903 ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ).

Career

George W. Cheyney was born in Philadelphia in 1854 and grew up there. He attended the local schools. His youth was overshadowed by the civil war. In 1871 he moved to New York City , where he worked for an optician. He then returned to Philadelphia. In the following years he lived for a time in Atchison ( Kansas ) and Leadville ( Colorado ). Then he returned to Philadelphia. In 1881 he moved to the Arizona Territory and settled there in Tombstone . Cheyney worked in the mining industry. In this context, he became superintendent of the Tombstone Mill and Mining Company.

In addition to his work in the mining industry, he was also politically active. Cheyney joined the Republican Party. He subsequently sat on both the Territory Committee and the Cochise County's Committee . In 1890 he took part as a delegate to the Constituent Assembly of the Arizona Territory. Cheyney was the Republican candidate for Congress delegate , but was defeated by his Democratic challenger, Marcus A. Smith . On April 8, 1889, he was appointed Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Arizona Territory by the Republican Governor of the Arizona Territory Lewis Wolfley . At the time of his appointment, Cheyney was representing Cochise County on the Territorial Council. Because of the hostilities between the Democratic Legislature and Republican Governor Wolfley, his annual salary was reduced from $ 2,000 to $ 750  . Cheyney carried out his official business from Tombstone. He held the post until 1893.

After his death in 1903, he was buried in the Cheyney Family Burying Ground in Philadelphia.

literature

• Bury, John Charles: The Historical Role Of Arizona's Superintendent Of Public Instruction , Volume 2, Northern Arizona University, Dec. 1974, pp. 228-246

Web links

• George W. Cheyney in the database of Find a Grave (English)