Background
Devine, Joseph Mcmurray was born on March 15, 1861 in Wheeling, Virginia, (now West Virginia). Son of Hugh E. and Jane (McMurray) Devine.
Devine, Joseph Mcmurray was born on March 15, 1861 in Wheeling, Virginia, (now West Virginia). Son of Hugh E. and Jane (McMurray) Devine.
Bachelor of Arts, West Virginia University, 1884, A.M. Superintendent schools, La Moure Company, North Dakota, 1886-1896. Lieutenant-governor, North Dakota, 1897-1898, becoming governor, 1898, for unexpired term (1898-1899) of Frank A. Briggs, deceased. Reelected Lieutenant-governor, term, 1899-1900.
Dakota Elected Company Superintendent of Schools, Lamoure Company, N. Dakota, 1886-1896. Elected President State Educational Association, 1889. Appointed State Educational Lecturer by John Ogden, then State Superintendent of Schools, 1890-1896.
Elected Lieutenant Governor., 1896, became Governor. at death of Frank A. Briggs, 1898. Appointed Vice-President., Sound Money League, 1897, wrote articles on finance. Elected Lieutenant Governor. and was acting Governor. in absence of Governor.
F. B. Fancher, 1898; elected State Superintendent of Schools, 1900. Appointed to State Normal School Board, 1907. Appointed Superintendent of State Training School, 1914.
Appointed to newly created office of Commissioner of Immigration, 1922, re-appointed to date.
Presbyterian Church.
Member: Masons; Scottish Rite.
Spouse (1) Ida Frances Holloway, 1891, Crystal Lake, Minn, (died, 1893). (2) Mary Bernardine Hanscom, July 20, 1900, Minot, N.