- Horace Speed
Horace Speed (
January 25 ,1852 –December 28 ,1924 ) was anOklahoma pioneer and the firstUnited States District Attorney forOklahoma Territory .Speed was born in
Nelson County, Kentucky , and was a prominentattorney inIndiana withBenjamin Harrison . In 1889, he moved toWinfield, Kansas , and following the Run of '89 he established a practice in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory. His experience with the Cherokee Commission led now President Benjamin Harrison to appoint himUnited States Attorney for the territory (1890-1894). He served again for a short time in 1900 as the last territorial US Attorney before it was divided into districts. As US Attorney he prosecuted many of theoutlaws running rampant in the territory and the land fraud cases that troubled the land openings.In 1901, following Territorial Governor
William Miller Jenkins removal from office, PresidentTheodore Roosevelt called Speed to Washington and offered him the governorship. Speed declined andThompson Benton Ferguson was eventually appointed as a compromise.After statehood, Speed moved to Tulsa and opened a law firm. He died there in 1924.
References
*Chapman, Berlin B. " [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v016/v016p036.html How The Cherokees Acquired and Disposed of the Outlet] ." "Chronicles of Oklahoma" 16:1 March 1938 36-51. (accessed June 9, 2007)
*Doyle, Thomas H. " [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v013/v013p214.html The Supreme Court of the Territory of Oklahoma] ". "Chronicles of Oklahoma" 13:2 June 1935 214-218. (accessed June 9, 2007)
*Forman, Grant. " [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v025/v025p005.pdf Obituary: Horace Speed] ." "Chronicles of Oklahoma" 25:1 1947 5-6. (accessed June 9, 2007)
*Peery, Dan W. " [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v007/v007p419.html The First Two Years] ." "Chronicles of Oklahoma" 7:4 December 1929 419-457. (accessed June 9, 2007)Additional Reading
*Littlefield Jr., Daniel F. "Seminole Burning: A Story of Racial Vengeance". Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1996. ISBN 0-58520-157-9
External links
* [http://www.seminolenation-indianterritory.org/seminole_burnings.htm The Seminole Burnings]
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