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John W. Dawson

Governor of Utah Territory, 1861
Person Human Q200719

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
October 21, 1820, 1820[9]
Date of death
September 10, 1877, 1877[10]
Place of birth
Cambridge City
Country of citizenship
United States[12]
Occupation
politician, writer, farmer, governor, jurist, lawyer, editing staff[13][14]
Position held
Governor of the Territory of Utah[15]
Member of political party
Republican Party, Democratic Party[17][18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Described by source
Indiana Authors and their Books, 1967-1980[21]
Different from
John Dawson[23]
Family name
Dawson[19]
Given name
John[20]
Place of burial
Lindenwood Cemetery[11]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 17
ISNI
0000000032299423
VIAF cluster ID
1388425
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83151795
GND ID
1192244451
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
John W Dawson.jpg ↗
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02255151
FAST ID
1953202
Find a Grave memorial ID
7116828
Freebase ID
/m/09px75
Geni profile ID
6000000017460236896
Open Library ID
OL1382637A
Our Campaigns candidate ID
108409
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Political Graveyard politician ID
dawson.html#541.70.76
SNAC ARK ID
w6pr8p2t
WikiTree person ID
Dawson-3942
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtxbbWbd46MRmhBfV63Qq
Yale LUX ID
person/f49421d8-c2c3-4a0d-96c9-c0bbbd0c2d26

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🔗 Connections
Member of political party 2
Republican Party, Democratic Party
Occupation 2
writer, politician
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Different from 1
John Dawson
Family name 1
Dawson
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Cambridge City
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John W. Dawson was born on October 21, 1820[1], in Cambridge City[2]. He died on September 10, 1877[3]. He worked as a politician[4], writer[5], farmer[6], governor[7], and jurist[8].

FAQs

Where was John W. Dawson born?

John W. Dawson was born in Cambridge City[2].

What did John W. Dawson do for work?

John W. Dawson worked as a politician[4], writer[5], farmer[6], governor[7], and jurist[8].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Indiana Authors and Their Books 1819-1916. wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [9] ↑ . Indiana Authors and their Books, 1967-1980. wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [10] ↑ . Indiana Authors and their Books, 1967-1980. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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