Daniel Webster Gill | |
Office1: | Member of the Wyoming Senate |
Term Start1: | 1915 |
Term End1: | 1919 |
Predecessor1: | John B. Kendrick |
Office2: | 23rd and 26th Mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming |
Term Start2: | 1905 |
Term End2: | 1906 |
Predecessor2: | Moses Patrick Keefe |
Successor2: | P. S. Cook |
Term Start3: | 1913 |
Term End3: | 1914 |
Predecessor3: | L. R. Bresnahan |
Successor3: | R. N. La Fontaine |
Birth Date: | 18 April 1856 |
Birth Place: | Hinsdale, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Death Place: | Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Father: | Bartholomew Gill |
Mother: | Mary Dwyer |
Education: | Connecticut Literary Institution |
Signature: | Daniel W. Gill signature.png |
Daniel Webster Gill (April 18, 1856 – October 27, 1933) was an American politician who served as the 23rd and 26th Mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming and in the Wyoming Senate as a Democrat.
Daniel Webster Gill was born on April 18, 1856, in Hinsdale, Massachusetts to Bartholomew Gill and Mary Dwyer. He graduated from the Connecticut Literary Institution and being a clerk in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1883, he moved to the Wyoming Territory and became a clerk for the Secretary of the Territory for six years. In 1890, he became involved in selling real estate in Cheyenne.[1]
He served as mayor of Cheyenne from 1903 to 1904, and again from 1913 to 1914. From 1915 to 1919, he served in the Wyoming Senate.[2] In 1904, he was appointed as the United States commissioner for the Cheyenne district and held the position until his death.[3]
He died at a hospital in Cheyenne, Wyoming on October 27, 1933.[4]