Samuel Beach Axtell
Former Governor of the New Mexico Territory
Samuel Beach Axtell was an American jurist and politician. He is noted for serving as chief justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court, territorial Governor of Utah and New Mexico, and a two-term Congressman from California. Wikipedia
Born: October 14, 1819, Franklin County, OH
Died: August 6, 1891 (age 71 years), Morristown, NJ
Previous offices: Governor of the New Mexico Territory (1875–1878) and Representative (1867–1871)
Education: Case Western Reserve University
Party: Republican Party