Samuel Y. Gordon
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Samuel Y. Gordon was a Minnesota legislator and the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. Born in Lexington, Indiana
, moved to Minnesota
and became lieutenant governor under Governor
Adolph Olson Eberhart
from January 3, 1911 – January 7, 1913. He died in 1940 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Lexington, Indiana
Lexington is an unincorporated community in Lexington Township, Scott County, Indiana, United States, located about 10 miles west of the Ohio River and 28 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky. The town itself was founded before Indiana became the 19th state in 1816 and was located in Jefferson...
, moved to Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
and became lieutenant governor under Governor
Governor of Minnesota
The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch. Forty different people have been governors of the state, though historically there were also three governors of Minnesota Territory. Alexander Ramsey, the first territorial...
Adolph Olson Eberhart
Adolph Olson Eberhart
Adolph Olson Eberhart was an American politician, who served as the 17th Governor of Minnesota.-Background:...
from January 3, 1911 – January 7, 1913. He died in 1940 in St. Paul, Minnesota.