Alexander Oswald Brodie, Governor of Arizona Territory (1902-05). A governor is also a device that regulates the speed of a machine. ... The Arizona Territory was an organized territory of the United States that existed between 1863 and 1912, as well as a territory of the Confederate States of America that existed from 1861 to 1865. ...
He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1870. USMA redirects here, but this abbreviation can also mean U.S. Metric Association. ... West Point painting West Point is a federal military base (and a census-designated place) located in the Town of Highlands in Orange County, New York. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
He was a Lieutenant Colonel with the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War. Roosevelt and the Rough Riders atop San Juan Heights, 1898 The Rough Riders was the name bestowed by the American press on the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry regiment during the Spanish-American War. ...
He was Governor of Arizona Territory from 1902-05.
AlexanderOswaldBrodie, did one of the most spectacular jobs as Governor of the Arizona Territory and initiated in its final stages of statehood.
AlexanderOswaldBrodie was born November 12, 1849 at Edwards, Saint Lawrence County, New York and died May 10, 1918 at Heddonfield, Camden County, New Jersey.
Their first son, AlexanderOswaldBrodie IV, died in 1896 and their second son, Alexander "Sandy" OswaldBrodie V was born in 1898.
With assignments in Washington D.C. and the Philippines, Brodie was assigned as adjutant general of the Department of the Dakotas in 1907 and in 1911 for the Department of California.
Brodie's real passion for life was found in the military so he barely served two years as chief of the Territory before resigning in order to accept a position with the War Department in Washington DC.