Civil War Union Army Officer, 1st Idaho Governor, Idaho Senator. Born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, after attending school in Pennsylvania he moved to Illinois, where he engaged in farming. In 1859 he moved to the Colorado Territory, where he became involved in the mining industry. When the Civil War began he first became part of an independent company of scouts, operating in Colorado and the New Mexico Territory. In December 1862 he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in the 1st Colorado Volunteer Cavalry, commanded by Colonel John M. Chivington. He served with his regiment until September 20, 1864, when he was commissioned Colonel and commander of the 3rd Colorado Volunteer Cavalry. He was in command of his men on November 29, 1864 when they participated with Colonel Chivington’s 1st Colorado Cavalry in what became known as the Sand Creek Massacre. There, under Colonel Chivington overall command, United States volunteer forces attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho Native Americans, killing an estimated 100 to 500 people including unarmed women and children. A month after the massacre David L. Shoup was honorably mustered out of service on December 31, 1864. After the war he moved to the Montana Territory, then to the Idaho Territory where he was elected to the territorial legislature. He was appointed as Idaho Territorial Governor in 1889 by President Benjamin Harrison, and when it became a state in July 1890, he was elected as Idaho’s first Governor. Taking office on October 1, 1890, he served only two months, having been elected as a Republican Senator from Idaho to the United States Senate. He served until 1901, serving during his time as Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, and as Chairman of the Congressional Committee on Territories. He was defeated in this attempt in 1900 to be elected to a third Senatorial term by Democrat Fred Thomas DuBois. He made an unsuccessful attempt again three years later, and then passed away at age sixty-eight in December 1904. A statue of him stands for Idaho in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
Civil War Union Army Officer, 1st Idaho Governor, Idaho Senator. Born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, after attending school in Pennsylvania he moved to Illinois, where he engaged in farming. In 1859 he moved to the Colorado Territory, where he became involved in the mining industry. When the Civil War began he first became part of an independent company of scouts, operating in Colorado and the New Mexico Territory. In December 1862 he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in the 1st Colorado Volunteer Cavalry, commanded by Colonel John M. Chivington. He served with his regiment until September 20, 1864, when he was commissioned Colonel and commander of the 3rd Colorado Volunteer Cavalry. He was in command of his men on November 29, 1864 when they participated with Colonel Chivington’s 1st Colorado Cavalry in what became known as the Sand Creek Massacre. There, under Colonel Chivington overall command, United States volunteer forces attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho Native Americans, killing an estimated 100 to 500 people including unarmed women and children. A month after the massacre David L. Shoup was honorably mustered out of service on December 31, 1864. After the war he moved to the Montana Territory, then to the Idaho Territory where he was elected to the territorial legislature. He was appointed as Idaho Territorial Governor in 1889 by President Benjamin Harrison, and when it became a state in July 1890, he was elected as Idaho’s first Governor. Taking office on October 1, 1890, he served only two months, having been elected as a Republican Senator from Idaho to the United States Senate. He served until 1901, serving during his time as Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, and as Chairman of the Congressional Committee on Territories. He was defeated in this attempt in 1900 to be elected to a third Senatorial term by Democrat Fred Thomas DuBois. He made an unsuccessful attempt again three years later, and then passed away at age sixty-eight in December 1904. A statue of him stands for Idaho in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
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