| 词条 | Roswell K. Colcord |
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|name=Roswell K. Colcord |image=Roswell K. Colcord.jpg |alt= |caption= |order=7th |office=Governor of Nevada |term_start=January 5, 1891 |term_end=January 7, 1895 |lieutenant=Joseph Poujade |predecessor=Frank Bell |successor=John E. Jones |birth_date={{birth date|1839|4|25}} |birth_place=Searsport, Maine, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1939|10|30|1839|4|25}} |death_place=Carson City, Nevada, U.S. |resting_place=Lone Mountain Cemetery, Carson City |party=Republican }} Roswell Keyes Colcord (April 25, 1839 – October 30, 1939) was an American politician. He served as the seventh Governor of Nevada from 1891 to 1895. He was a member of the Republican Party. BiographyColcord was born on April 25, 1839 in Searsport, Maine. He attended public schools where he studied Mechanical Engineering and he found work in a shipyard as a carpenter. He married Mary E. Hopkins on April 28, 1868, in Virginia City, Nevada, and they had three children, Stella, Harry, and Ethel.[1] CareerColcord moved west to California in 1856, to Aurora, Nevada in 1860, and to Virginia City, Nevada in 1863. He became a successful mining engineer. He also set up a law practice and became one of the top attorneys in the state. He was also involved in the building of bridges and mills.[2] He was selected as a commissioner to represent Nevada at the Paris Expedition in 1889. Elected as governor in 1890, Colcord strengthened the state's economy and also signed the state's first admissions day bill. He was the first Nevada governor to support Women's Suffrage.[3] During his tenure, a state board of health was established, a mechanical engineering department was initiated in the University of Nevada, and a first state board of equalization was authorized.[4] After his term as governor, Colcord was named Superintendent of the United States Mint's Carson City Mint, a position he held from 1898 to 1911. At that time, the Mint did not produce money, but was a shipping point for bullion. DeathColcord was in relatively good health at the time of his death on October 30, 1939, at the age of 100 in Carson City, Nevada. He is interred at the Lone Mountain Cemetery in Carson City, Nevada.[5] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.unr.edu/nwhp/bios/nv1st/colcord.html|title=Nevada's First Ladies|publisher=Nevada's First Ladies|accessdate=28 September 2012}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Roswell K. Colcord|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oLd4nCEMbpUC&pg=PA98|publisher=The Encyclopedia of Nevada|accessdate=28 September 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Roswell K. Colcord|url=http://www.historynevada.com/tw/Governor+Roswell+Keyes+Colcord|publisher=History of Nevada.com|accessdate=28 September 2012}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Roswell K. Colcord|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_nevada/col2-content/main-content-list/title_colcord_roswell.html|publisher=National Governors Association|accessdate=28 September 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Roswell K. Colcord|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coker-coldwell.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=28 September 2012}} External links
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