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[LincolnMan]

(01-23-2015 05:09 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Eva, this indeed happened. Here is a list of both state and territorial governors who rode the train:

Richard J. Oglesby, Governor of Illinois
Oliver P. Morton, Governor of Indiana
John Brough, Governor of Ohio
Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor of Kentucky
Thomas Fletcher, Governor of Missouri
James T. Lewis, Governor of Wisconsin
A. I. Boreman, Governor of West Virginia
Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan
A. W. Bradford, Governor of Maryland
Stephen Miller, Governor of Minnesota
Andrew P. Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania
Ruben H. Fenton, Governor of New York
Joel T. Parker, Governor of New Jersey
A.C. Gibbs, Governor of the Washington Territory
William Wallace, Governor of the Idaho Territory
Newton Edmonds, Governor of the Dakota Territory

(Information from Scott Trostel's Lincoln Funeral Train)

Did not know Gov. Crapo of Michigan participated. Nice fun fact for me. Thanks Roger!