Douglas became a regimental post. Supporters of Kearns formed the American Party. Though not publicly among the party's organizers, Kearns was influential in the party. The party was endorsed by the Salt Lake Tribune—which Kearns and his partner David Keith purchased in October 1901—and was successful in Utah politics from 1904 to 1911. Business and later life After finishing his term in 1905, Kearns resumed his work in the mining, railroad, newspaper and banking businesses. Kearns and his partner David Keith purchased The Salt Lake Tribune newspaper in 1901 through a surrogate. He was one of the original incorporators of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and helped to ensure its success in completion from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas and on to Los Angeles. He resided in Salt Lake City, Utah, until his death in 1918. He died of a stroke eight days after he was hit by a reckless driver on the corner of Main and South Temple. Interment was in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Kearns and his wife, Jennie Judge Kearns, provided all the necessary funds to build the Kearns-Saint Ann's Orphanage, now Kearns-St. Ann's Catholic elementary school. They built a grand chateauesque marble, granite and sandstone palace residence on Brigham Street, now South Temple. Mrs. 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. See also Kearns Building William Hood House List of United States senators born outside the United States Notes Bibliography Alexander, Thomas G. Mormonism in Transition. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1996. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1902. Committee on Privileges and Elections. In the Matter of the Protests Against the Right of Hon. Reed Smoot, A Senator From the State of Utah, to Hold His Seat. Doc. No. 486. 59th Cong, 1st Sess. Committee on Privileges and Elections. United States Senate. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1906. Powell, Allan Kent. Utah History Encyclopedia. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1995. External links 1862 births 1918 deaths 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people) 19th-century American politicians 19th-century Roman Catholics 20th-century Roman Catholics American businesspeople in the coal industry American miners Businesspeople from Utah Pre-Confederation Canadian emigrants to the United States People from O'Neill, Nebraska People from Park City, Utah People from Woodstock,