Keywords: Coles Bashford - Brady-Handy.jpg Hon Coles Bashford Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 00360 CALL NUMBER LC-BH83- 494 <P P>P P between 1860 1875 Creator Mathew Brady Creator Levin Corot Handy PD LOC-image cwpbh 00360 Coles Bashford January 24 1816 April 25 1878 was an American lawyer and politician who became the first Republican governor of Wisconsin His one term as governor ended in a bribery scandal that forced him to leave the state but he was later instrumental in the government of the newly-formed Arizona Territory This summary was created using Commons SumItUp en Coles_Bashford PD-Brady-Handy DEFAULTSORT Bashford Coles Photographs by Mathew Brady and Levin Handy Black and white photographic portraits of men Governors of Wisconsin Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Arizona Territory Wisconsin State Senators Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 1816 births 1878 deaths |