Excerpt from Improvement Era, Vol. 4: Organ of Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, September, 1901 During the legislative session of 1882, except for five days, he was the acting governor, which was also the case during half the ses sion of 1884; in December, 1886, he succeeded A. S. Paddock as a member of the Utah Commission, the latter having been elected senator from the state of Nebraska. It was in April, 1889, that President Benjamin Harrison tendered Arthur L. Thomas the governorship of Utah, which he accepted. He qualified on May 6 following, holding that position until May when he was succeeded by Caleb W. West. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.