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Provisional and early governors of Dakota territory
A compact survey of Dakota governance from Henry Masters to William Jayne. It notes Masters as first provisional governor, Albright's brief role, Brookings’ leg amputation and later offices, Jayne’s Lincoln era governorship, and his later life in Springfield.
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Henry Masters
Sioux Falls
Dakota
Minnesota
Masters
Maine
Dakotas
Samuel J. Albright
Albright
Delaware
Wilmot W. Brookings
Brookings
Yankton
Territorial
Supreme Court of the Territory
Dakota Territory
Abraham Lincoln
William Jayne
Springfield
Jayne
Congress
Todd
House of Representatives
Lincoln