Today in Wheeling History: March 15--Joseph M. Devine, 6th Governor of North Dakota, was born in Wheeling (1861).
Joseph McMurray Devine was born on March 15, 1861, in Wheeling, West Virginia, to Hugh E. and Jane (McMurray) Devine. Growing up in Wheeling, Devine gained early business experience by delivering the Wheeling Daily Register and assisting his father in the landscape and florist business. He attended public schools in Wheeling and graduated from West Virginia University in 1881 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Devine moved to LaMoure County, Dakota Territory, in 1884, where he initially farmed before becoming an educator. He served as LaMoure County Superintendent of Schools and was elected president of the North Dakota State Education Association in 1889. Devine entered politics as Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota in 1897 and became the 6th Governor of North Dakota in 1898 following the death of Governor Frank A. Briggs. He continued to be active in educational issues, serving as the North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1901 to 1902. Devine later held positions as the executive head of the State Training School in Mandan and as State Immigration Commissioner. He passed away on August 31, 1938, in Mandan, North Dakota, and is interred in Mandan Union Cemetery.
To learn more: Wikipedia (https://shorturl.at/2cjbz), Mandan History (https://shorturl.at/oUUVO), Griggs County Historical Society (https://shorturl.at/KfBpD)
Photo caption and credit: Joseph M. Devine (Beauregardbert, Wikimedia Commons)
Joseph McMurray Devine was born on March 15, 1861, in Wheeling, West Virginia, to Hugh E. and Jane (McMurray) Devine. Growing up in Wheeling, Devine gained early business experience by delivering the Wheeling Daily Register and assisting his father in the landscape and florist business. He attended public schools in Wheeling and graduated from West Virginia University in 1881 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Devine moved to LaMoure County, Dakota Territory, in 1884, where he initially farmed before becoming an educator. He served as LaMoure County Superintendent of Schools and was elected president of the North Dakota State Education Association in 1889. Devine entered politics as Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota in 1897 and became the 6th Governor of North Dakota in 1898 following the death of Governor Frank A. Briggs. He continued to be active in educational issues, serving as the North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1901 to 1902. Devine later held positions as the executive head of the State Training School in Mandan and as State Immigration Commissioner. He passed away on August 31, 1938, in Mandan, North Dakota, and is interred in Mandan Union Cemetery.
To learn more: Wikipedia (https://shorturl.at/2cjbz), Mandan History (https://shorturl.at/oUUVO), Griggs County Historical Society (https://shorturl.at/KfBpD)
Photo caption and credit: Joseph M. Devine (Beauregardbert, Wikimedia Commons)
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