DELAWARE GOVERNOR IN 1895
When William Watson was
governor of Delaware, 46 years ago, a baby who was named William
Thorp Watson came to brighten the home of governor William Watsons
son, Bethune Watson.
There was no reason to
distinguish this baby from scores of other youngsters and as then
governor William Watson gazed upon him little did he imagine that in
46 years this tiny infant would occupy
the high office of governor.
But whether he imagined it
or not the erstwhile baby is now the chief executive of the state
of Delaware.
William Thorp Watson , the
new governor of Delaware, was speaker of the senate of the state
when death removed
Governor Joshua P. Marvil. Most states have a Lieutenant Governor
to
succeed when a governor
dies, but not Delaware, and the speaker of the senate becomes the
chief
executive.
At the last election the
Republicans of Delaware elected their candidate but his death places
a Democrat in the
gubernatorial chair.
New Governor Watson was
born in Milford June 22, 1849 and his grandfather William
Watson, was governor of
Delaware two years before and four years after he was born.
He was educated at
Washington college in Chestertown , Maryland and at the conclusion
of his school days returned to Milford. He resided in
Philadelphia a number of years, and in 1885 was
elected to the general
assembly but did not take the seat owing to the fact that he was not
eligible to the office under the state laws.
In 1892 he was elected to
the state senate and chosen speaker at the beginning of the present
session of Legislature
where he displayed a marked talent as a presiding officer.
He is very literary in his
tastes and his home in Milford contains what is probably one of the
largest private libraries
in Delaware.
SOURCE: Trenton New
Jersey, Trenton Evening Times, Thursday April 18, 1895.
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