In addition to his other duties , Sloan was appointed in December 1900 by Governor Oakes Murphy to a commission chartered to revise the territorial legal code . The recommendations of the commission were enacted into law , with only minor changes , by the 21st Arizona Territorial Legislature . As delegate to the 1908 Republican National Convention , Sloan helped raise the issue of Arizona statehood
1908 Republican National Convention
1908 Republican National Convention
Richard Elihu Sloan