Thomas Warren Bennett

Independent Delegate of Idaho

Congresses Served

January 1, 1831 (62 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1893

Death

Served as the 5th Governor of Idaho Territory from 1871 to 1875.
Held the position of Congressional delegate from Idaho Territory from March 4, 1875, to June 23, 1876.
Practiced law after obtaining a degree from Indiana Asbury University (now DePaul University) in 1855.
Participated in the Civil War, initially raising a company of volunteers and eventually attaining the rank of colonel and being brevetted as a brigadier general.
Elected mayor of Richmond, Indiana, serving for two years before moving to Idaho.
Became governor after a lengthy vacancy in the position, being the fifth choice of President Ulysses S. Grant for the role.
Won the election for Congressional delegate in 1874, but lost the position after a recount in 1876.
Returned to Indiana after his term in Congress and passed away in 1893.