William Kidder Meade (September 21 or 26, 1851 – March 15, 1918) was an American politician who served as a United States marshal and two-time member of the Arizona Territorial Legislature. Biography Meade was born in Clarke County, Virginia to Virginia and William Meade on either September 21 or 26, 1851. He was educated in private schools before leaving home in 1868. He lived in St. Louis, Missouri and Denver, Colorado for a short time before moving to Elizabethtown, New Mexico where he worked as a store clerk for two years. After New Mexico, Meade moved to Utah, Nevada, San Francisco, and San Diego before accepting a job at the Silver King Mine in 1876. After settling in Arizona Territory, Meade invested in mining operations around Florence and became active in Democratic Party politics. He also served as a deputy sheriff in Florence. Meade represented Pinal County in the lower house during the 1879 session of the territorial legislature. Meade moved to Tombstone shortly after the boomtown was founded. There he gained ownership interests in several local mines. Income from these interests allowed him to purchase several houses in both Tombstone and Tucson. He returned to the territorial legislature during the 1881 session, this time representing Pima County in the upper house. Following the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Meade sided with Sheriff Johnny Behan against the Earps. In 1884, Meade was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention During the convention he requested Grover Cleveland appoint him as Governor of Arizona Territory. He did not receive the requested appointment but was instead appointed U.S. marshal for Arizona Territory on July 8, 1885. Several months later, Meade organized the liberation of newly appointed Arizona Territorial Governor C. Meyer Zulick from imprisonment in Mexico. In 1887, Meade married Helen S. Stevens. The couple had no children and divorced in 1906. Arizona Territory experienced a series of train robberies in 1887. Speculation among area lawmen was that outlaws had moved to Arizona from New Mexico Territory where a new law had instituted the death penalty for train robbery. On February 22, 1888, a Southern Pacific train was held up, with the U.S. mail being rifled through and an estimated loss of $240,000 in coins and railroad bonds. Meade, embarrassed by the number of train robberies that had occurred under his watch, went in pursuit the next day. He was accompanied by Pima