Sidney Preston Osborn

Sidney Preston Osborn
7th Governor of Arizona
In office
January 6, 1941 – May 25, 1948
Preceded byRobert Taylor Jones
Succeeded byDan Edward Garvey
1st Secretary of State of Arizona
In office
February 14, 1912 – January 6, 1919
GovernorGeorge W. P. Hunt
Thomas Edward Campbell
Preceded byInaugural Holder
Succeeded byMit Simms
Personal details
BornMay 17, 1884
Phoenix, Arizona Territory
DiedMay 25, 1948(1948-05-25) (aged 64)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Marjorie Grant Osborn (her death)
Gladys Smiley Osborn (his death)
Sidney Preston Osborn

Sidney Preston Osborn (May 17, 1884 – May 25, 1948) was an American politician who was the first secretary of state of Arizona, and later the seventh governor of Arizona and is, as of 2024, the only governor of Arizona to be elected to four consecutive terms (Governors of Arizona served 2-year terms without limits until 1968, when it was changed to serve 4-year terms, and again in 1992 to a limit of two terms at a time). Osborn is also the second native-born governor of Arizona, preceded by Thomas Edward Campbell.[1]

  1. ^ *"Arizona Governor Sidney Preston Osborn". Former Governors' Bios. National Governors Association. May 3, 2002. Retrieved 16 May 2013.