Bamberger, Simon, 1845-1926
Simon Bamberger (February 27, 1845 – October 6, 1926) was a German-born businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the fourth Governor of Utah from 1917 to 1921. Bamberger retains the distinction of being the first non-Mormon, the first Democrat, as well as the first, and to date only, Jewish Governor of Utah.
Born in Eberstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, he emigrated to the United States at the age of fourteen, first settling in Cincinnati before moving to Indianapolis and Terre Haute, Indiana and St. Louis, Missouri, establishing a garment manufacturing company with his brother in St. Louis. In 1868, Simon obtained employment with the Union Pacific Railroad as manager of the company store at the “front of construction,” where he remained until the first transcontinental railroad was completed at Promentory Point, Utah, in 1869. After getting word that his business had failed, Bamberger moved to the Utah Territory.
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