Thomas Andrew Osborn was the sixth Governor of Kansas. Osborn was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania. As a young man, he was apprenticed as a printer, from which he supported himself through Allegheny College.
Time in Office: January 13, 1873 - January 8, 1877
Born: October 26, 1836, Meadville, Pennsylvania.
Died: February 4, 1898, Meadville, Pennsylvania.
Republican lawyer and printer from Leavenworth.
Osborne was Governor when the Great Grasshopper plague of 1874.
Websites about this Governor
- Governor Records - Osborn, 1873-1877
- Biography of Osborne on Wikipedia
- Osborne Biography on the National Governors association website
- Annual Messages by Governor Osborne at the Kansas State Library
- Records of the Kansas Governor's Office : administration of Governor Thomas Andrew Osborn, 1873-1877. (WorldCat)