Lewis Wolfley was an American civil engineer who served as the eighth Governor of Arizona Territory. He is commonly regarded as the first territorial governor to be a resident of Arizona at the time of his appointment and was the only bachelor to hold the position.
Wolfley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Lewis and Elanor Wolfley. When he was a young child, his father died, and Wolfley grew up near the border of Ohio and Kentucky. His mothers family, the Ewings of Ohio, arranged for his education which included the study of civil engineering and possibly law. As a young man he worked for railroads operating in Iowa and Ohio.
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