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Leslie was elected to office in the 1871 election. He succeeded Governor John W. Stevenson , who resigned in 1871 to accept a U.S. Senate seat. Leslie was born in Wayne County, Kentucky on 8 March 1819 . He was a resident of Glasgow, Kentucky in Barren County where his renovated home is now a Bed And Breakfast . In addition, Leslie was appointed by President Grover Cleveland to be the Territorial Governor of Montana from 1887 to 1889 and US District Attorney from 1894 - 1898 . Leslie died February 7 , 1907 and is buried in Montana . REFERENCES |
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