John Dubois [SEP] position held
John Dubois
John Dubois, S.S. (), served as the third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York. He was the first non-Irish born Bishop of New York.
Life.
Life Early life.
Dubois was born in Paris, France, on August 24, 1764. After theological studies at the Oratorian Seminary of Saint-Magloire in Paris, Dubois was ordained a priest on September 22, 1787, by Antoine-Eléonore-Léon Le Clerc de Juigné, the Archbishop of Paris.
delegate position from the territory. He defeated the Democratic incumbent, John Hailey, and remained in the position until Idaho's statehood in 1890.
Dubois strongly supported Idaho's application for statehood and opposed efforts to split the territory among neighboring regions. He reputedly lobbied President Benjamin Harrison in support of Idaho statehood by alluding to the common Battle of Tippecanoe connection between Dubois' grandfather and Harrison's grandfather, President William Henry Harrison.
Senator.
Idaho became a state in July 1890 and that November, Dubois helped engineer a