Background
DEVINE, Joseph McMurry was born on March 15, 1861 in Wheeling, W. Virginia. Son of Hugh Calhoun and Jane (McMurry) Devine.
DEVINE, Joseph McMurry was born on March 15, 1861 in Wheeling, W. Virginia. Son of Hugh Calhoun and Jane (McMurry) Devine.
High School; University of W. Virginia.
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.