Reinhold Sadler (January 10, 1848January 30, 1906) was an American

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. He was the ninth

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. He was a member of the

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Biography

Sadler was born on January 10, 1848, in Czarnikau, Posen Province,

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

(modern-day

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, Wielkopolska Province, Poland). His education was limited to the common schools of his native country. He immigrated to the United States first moving to

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, and later

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. He married Louise Zadow in Hamilton, Nevada on May 26, 1874, and the couple had six children, Wihlemina, William Arthur, Bertha, Edgar, Alfred and Clarence.

Career

Sadler settled in

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and worked as a miner, a miller, and a merchant. He was elected treasurer of Eureka County in 1880. After two unsuccessful campaigns for state offices, he was elected the tenth

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in 1895. After the death of Governor John E. Jones, Sadler became Acting Governor, making him only the third foreign-born governor of Nevada,; he was elected Governor in his own right in 1898. During his tenure, the Farmer's Institute was launched and the State Board of Assessors was established. After finishing out his term Sadler returned to

, and resumed his various business enterprises. He was a Stalwart Silver candidate for

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at large in 1904, but was not successful.

Death

Sadler died in Eureka on January 30, 1906, at the age of 58. He is interred at Lone Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nevada.

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