The John N. and Mary L. (Rankin) Irwin House in Keokuk, Iowa, is a historic house that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, John N. Irwin, who bought the house and raised his family there with his wife Mary, was a five-term mayor of Keokuk who went on to serve as the territorial governor of the Idaho Territory and the Arizona Territory, are in which country?
John N. and Mary L. (Rankin) Irwin House The John N. and Mary L. (Rankin) Irwin House in Keokuk, Iowa, United States is a historic house that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The house was originally built by James F. Daugherty who bought the property from Judge Charles Mason in 1856. John N. Irwin, who bought the house and raised his family there with his wife Mary, was a five-term mayor of Keokuk who went on to serve as the territorial governor of the Idaho Territory and the Arizona Territory. He also served as the US minister to Portugal.
Joseph Henry Kibbey Joseph Henry Kibbey (March 4, 1853 – June 14, 1924) was an American attorney who served as Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1889 to 1893 and Governor of Arizona Territory from 1905 to 1909. His legal career is most remembered for his efforts in the area of water law, his key legal contributions being the "Kibbey Decision", a legal ruling establishing the principle that "water belongs to the land", and creation of the legal framework for the Salt River Valley Water User's Association, a model for federal water projects in the American West. As governor, Kibbey was a leader in the effort to prevent Arizona and New Mexico territories from being combined into a single U.S. state.