Horace Tabor

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Horace Tabor

Horace Austin Warner Tabor (* 26. November 1830 in Holland , Vermont ; † 10. April 1899 in Denver , Colorado ) was an American politician of the Republican Party . From January 27, 1883 to March 3, 1883 he sat for the US state Colorado in the US Senate .

Stonemason and merchant

Tabor was born in the small town of Holland in Orleans County . There he did an apprenticeship as a stonemason. At the age of 19 he left home to work as a stonemason in Maine and Massachusetts . In 1855 he moved to the Kansas Territory , where he settled as a farmer near Manhattan . In 1857 he returned to Maine for love. There he married Augusta Pierce. After the wedding, they both moved back to Tabor's farm together. In 1859 the couple moved to Colorado, where they opened a shop in Buckskin Joe , now a ghost town. In 1877 the two moved to Leadville . It was there that Tabor gained his first political experience as mayor in 1878.

Silver king

On May 3, 1878, the silver boom in Colorado began with the discovery of silver veins near the Little Pittsburg mine . Tabor was a co-owner of this mine and used the profit that the mine threw for further investments. In 1878, Tabor ran for Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. After the successful election, he served under Governors John Long Routt and Frederick Walker Pitkin . During his tenure, he was briefly posted to the US Senate to succeed George M. Chilcott . The elected incumbent Thomas M. Bowen then entered the Congress in early March 1883 , Tabor then left again. In 1883 he married Elizabeth McCourt, the marriage had two children.

Last years and death

In 1884, 1886 and 1888 Tabor ran unsuccessfully for the office of governor of Colorado. After the downturn in the silver boom, Tabor lost part of its fortune. In the last few years he withdrew into private life. In 1899 Tabor died of appendicitis in Denver.

Web links

  • Horace Tabor in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)