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James Tufts (September 19, 1829–August 18, 1884) was a United States politician and acting governor of Montana Territory in 1869.

James Tufts
Acting Territorial Governor of Montana
In office March 1869 – April 9, 1869
Preceded by	Green Clay Smith
Succeeded by	James Mitchell Ashley
1st Speaker of the Idaho Territorial House of Representatives
Preceded by	office established
Member of the Idaho Territorial House of Representatives
In office 1863–1867
Personal details
Born	James Tufts September 19, 1829 Charlestown, New Hampshire, U.S.
Died	August 18, 1884(1884-08-18) (aged 54) Niobrara, Nebraska, U.S.
Resting place	L'Eau Qui Court Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Education	Middlebury College
Profession	Politician lawyer farmer

Biography

Born in Charlestown, New Hampshire, Tufts graduated from Middlebury College in 1855. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and was an attorney in Iowa.

Career

Tufts moved to Niobrara in the Nebraska Territory in 1859, where he became a probate judge and served in the territorial legislature. Tufts moved to the Dakota Territory in 1861 and served as secretary for the legislative council of the Dakota Territory. He was appointed US Commissioner to adjust military claims in the Dakota Territory in 1862.

Tufts moved to Idaho Territory in 1863 and served in the Idaho Territorial Legislature. He was the first Speaker of the Idaho Territorial House of Representatives.

He was appointed territorial secretary for the Montana Territory in 1867, and served as its acting governor from March 1869 to April 9,1869.

Tufts ran for the Montana territorial delegate to the United States House of Representatives and lost the election. He moved back to Niobrara, Nebraska, to farm and practice law.

Death

Tufts died in Niobrara. He is buried in L'Eau Qui Court Cemetery.

References

1. "U.S. States L-M".
2. "Territorial Offices Established". Idaho Genealogy Trails. Archived from the original on December 29, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
3. "Governor of Montana". Soylent Communications. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
4. Malone, Michael P. (1991). Montana: A History of Two Centuries. University of Washington Press. ISBN 9780295971292.
5. "Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College in Middlebury Vermont," 1901, p. 146

External links

• James Tufts at Find a Grave

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The following were members of the Society of Montana Pioneers which limited membership to individuals living in Montana on or before December 31, 1868. Charles Broadwater William A. Clark Walter W. deLacy Sidney Edgerton James Fergus James L. Fisk Samuel Hauser Christopher P. Higgins Hezekiah L. Hosmer Conrad Kohrs Nathaniel P. Langford Thomas Francis Meagher Wilbur F. Sanders Nelson Story Granville Stuart James Stuart James Tufts Robert Vaughn Francis Lyman Worden
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