155 years ago today - Dec 7, 1861

John W. Dawson arrives in Salt Lake as the newly appointed governor. Within three weeks he alienates Mormons by vetoing the bill for statehood convention.

[Source: The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database (http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase)]]

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