18 Facts About Thomas Kearns

Thomas Kearns was an American mining, banking, railroad, and newspaper magnate.

Thomas Kearns was a US Senator from Utah from 1901 to 1905.

Thomas Kearns was born on April 11,1862, near Woodstock, Canada West, to Margaret and Thomas Kearns.

Thomas Kearns attended public schools there until he moved with his parents to O'Neill in Holt County, Nebraska.

Thomas Kearns attended the public schools until he was 17, worked on his family farm, and engaged in the freighting business.

Thomas Kearns moved to Salt Lake City and later Park City, Utah, in 1883.

Thomas Kearns worked in mining, prospected, and operated several mines.

Thomas Kearns worked in the Ontario mine and became part owner of the Mayflower mine in 1889.

Thomas Kearns served in the City Council of Park City in 1895.

Thomas Kearns was a member of the Utah constitutional convention of 1895, where he worked for an eight-hour work day.

Thomas Kearns was a delegate to the 1896 and 1900 Republican National Conventions.

Thomas Kearns was elected as a Republican to the US Senate to fill the vacancy in the term commencing March 4,1899.

Thomas Kearns served from January 23,1901, to March 3,1905.

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.

Thomas Kearns resided in Salt Lake City, Utah, until his death in 1918.

Thomas Kearns died of a stroke eight days after he was hit by a reckless driver on the corner of Main and South Temple.

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.

Thomas Kearns contributed to St Mary's Cathedral in Salt Lake City.