Thomas Carney

Infobox Governor
name= Thomas Carney


caption=
order=2^nd
office= Governor of Kansas
term_start= January 12, 1863
term_end= January 9, 1865
lieutenant= Thomas Andrew Osborn
predecessor= Charles L. Robinson
successor= Samuel J. Crawford
birth_date= August 20, 1824
birth_place= Delaware County, Ohio
death_date= death date and age|1888|07|28|1824|08|20
death_place= Leavenworth, Kansas
spouse= Rebecca Ann Canaday
profession= farmer, dry-goods merchant, wholesaler, banker
party= Republican
religion= Presbyterian (preference)
footnotes=

Thomas Carney (August 20, 1824 – July 28, 1888) was the second Governor of Kansas.

Carney was born in Delaware County, Ohio to James and Sarah Carney. James died in 1828, and Thomas remained at home farming with his mother until age 19. He was educated in Berkshire, Ohio where he lived with an uncle.

Carney died in Leavenworth, Kansas from apoplexy and is buried there in Mount Muncie Cemetery.

References

* [http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/govtrecords/governors/carney_thomas.htm#bio Records of the Kansas Governor's Office - Thomas Carney Administration]

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