Thomas A. Osborn

Infobox Governor
name= Thomas A. Osborn


caption=
order=6^th
office= Governor of Kansas
term_start= January 13, 1873
term_end= January 8, 1877
lieutenant= Elias S. Stover, Melville J. Salter
predecessor= James M. Harvey
successor= George T. Anthony
birth_date= October 26, 1836
birth_place= Crawford County, Pennsylvania
death_date= February 4, 1898
death_place= Meadville, Pennsylvania
spouse= Julia Delehay
profession= printer, attorney, U.S. Marshal, diplomat
party= Republican
religion= Methodist (preference)
footnotes=

Thomas Andrew Osborn (October 26, 1836 – February 4, 1898) was sixth governor of Kansas.

Early life

Osborn was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania. As a young man, he was apprenticed as a printer, from which he supported himself through Allegheny College. In 1856 he began to study law under a Meadville judge and was admitted to the Michigan bar in 1857. In November of the same year, he moved to Lawrence, Kansas where he became a compositor for the "Herald of Freedom". The following year, Osborn was practicing law in Elwood, Kansas and was known to be a Republican and Free-State supporter.

Later life

Osborn's wife died in 1892. In 1898 he was engaged to Marguerite Fowler Richmond of Meadville, Pennsylvania. While awaiting their wedding, Osborn died and his body was returned to Kansas. He is buried in Topeka Cemetery.

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title = Governor of Kansas
before = James M. Harvey
after = George T. Anthony
years = 13 January 1873–8 January 1877succession box
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