William Justus Goebel (January 4 1856 – February 3 1900) was an American politician who served as the 34th Governor of Kentucky for four days in 1900 after having been mortally wounded by an assassin the day before he was sworn in. Goebel remains the only state governor in the United States to be assassinated while in office. Texas governor John B. Connally was shot while in office in 1963 but survived as an unintended victim of the assassination of President John F.
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active years end date
1900-02-03
active years start date
1900-01-31
birth date
1856-01-04
birth place
Carbondale Pennsylvania
death date
1900-02-03
death place
Frankfort Kentucky
LCCN Id
n/95/19936
lieutenant
J. C. W. Beckham
order in office
34th, Governor of Kentucky, President Pro Tempore of the Kentucky Senate
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