Vernon H. Vaughan
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Vernon H. Vaughan was an American political leader. Born in Mount Meigs, Alabama
, he served as Utah
territorial secretary to Governor John Shaffer
, and after Shaffer's untimely death in office, President Ulysses S. Grant
appointed Vaughan to fill the vacancy as acting governor. He served a single uneventful year and was not reappointed.
Mount Meigs, Alabama
Mount Meigs is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County in the state of Alabama. The Mount Meigs Campus, a juvenile correctional facility and the headquarters of the Alabama Department of Youth Services, is in Mount Meigs. Mount Meigs is located at .-History:The area's major export in the...
, he served as Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
territorial secretary to Governor John Shaffer
John Shaffer
John Wilson Shaffer was an American political leader. Born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Shaffer was active in Republican poliitics in Illinois and served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was appointed governor of the territory of Utah by President Ulysses S. Grant...
, and after Shaffer's untimely death in office, President Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
appointed Vaughan to fill the vacancy as acting governor. He served a single uneventful year and was not reappointed.