John Eugene Osborne (June 19, 1858 – April 24, 1943) was an American physician, farmer, banker and Democratic politician. He was one of the first Governors of Wyoming after the Wyoming Territory attained statehood in 1890.
Osborne was born in Westport, New York, the son of John C. Osborne and Mary E. Rail. He studied medicine at the University of Vermont and graduated in 1880. Soon after graduation he found employment as a surgeon for the Union P...
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John Eugene Osborne (June 19, 1858 – April 24, 1943) was an American physician, farmer, banker and Democratic politician. He was one of the first Governors of Wyoming after the Wyoming Territory attained statehood in 1890.
Osborne was born in Westport, New York, the son of John C. Osborne and Mary E. Rail. He studied medicine at the University of Vermont and graduated in 1880. Soon after graduation he found employment as a surgeon for the Union Pacific Railroad, and moved to Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming.
In 1883, Osborne was elected to Wyoming's House of the Territorial Assembly, but resigned in 1885, when he left the Territory for a brief period. In 1888, Osborne was appointed chairman of the Penitentiary Building Commission and elected mayor of the town of Rawlins. During the 1880s, Osborne set up as a physician and chemist in Rawlins, and opened a farm, at one point being known as the largest individual sheep owner in Wyoming. In his capacity as a local physician, he was...
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