Thomas Kearns was an American mining, banking, railroad, and newspaper magnate.
11 Facts About Thomas Kearns
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Thomas Kearns was a US Senator from Utah from 1901 to 1905.
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Thomas Kearns moved to Park City, Utah, in 1883, and worked in mining, prospected, and operated several mines.
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Thomas Kearns served in the City Council of Park City in 1895.
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Thomas Kearns was a member of the Utah constitutional convention of 1895, where he worked for an eight-hour work day.
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Thomas Kearns was elected as a Republican to the US Senate to fill the vacancy in the term commencing March 4,1899.
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Thomas Kearns served from January 23,1901, to March 3,1905.
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Thomas Kearns was the first Utahn to establish a national and international political reputation, partly because of his personal and political friendship with Presidents William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft.
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Thomas Kearns resided in Salt Lake City, Utah, until his death in 1918.
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Thomas Kearns died of a stroke eight days after he was hit by a reckless driver on the corner of Main and South Temple.
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Mrs Thomas Kearns donated it to the state in 1937 to be used as the official Governor's residence; it is still being used as the Utah Governor's Mansion.