Territorial Governor Gilbert A. Pierce
Years in Office: 1884-1887

Birth: January 11, 1839 in New York
Death: February 15, 1901 in Chicago

Governor Gilbert A. Pierce vetoed legislation on equal suffrage, helped establish the School of Mines in Rapid City, and promoted statehood.

Classification Number: 1/8/1
Accession Number:
H75-282
Collection:
Governor Gilbert A. Pierce
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Proclamations and Report, 1884-1886.
Shelf Location:
3548B

Classification Number: 15H/2/39
Accession Number: 91-127
Collection:
Department of Education and Cultural Affairs, State History Society Board of Trustees, Office of History, Photograph of Territorial Governor
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Photograph of Colonel Gilbert A. Pierce, 1884-1886.
Shelf Location: MD92

Accession Number: 96-331
Collection:
Dakota Territory, Office of the Governor, Inaugural Addresses
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Report of the Governor of Dakota made to the Secretary of the Interior 1884, 1885, 1886; Biennial Message of the Governor of Dakota to the Legislative Assembly January 1885, and 1887.
Shelf Location:
MD92

Collection: Dakota Territorial Records
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Governor Gilbert H. Pierce Official Correspondence, applications and recommendations, oaths and bonds, Notarial applications, and extradition requisitions, 1884-1887.
Shelf Location:
MF 1328-1336, roll 25-33
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