Editing Thomas C. Power (section)

==Senate service and later life==
[[File:1891 Power Block building - Helena, Montana.jpg |thumb| left| upright=1.5 | An 1891 image of the 1889 Power Building in Helena, now popularly referred to as "The Power Block".<ref name=HelenaHistoryOrg_PowerBlock>{{cite web |title=The 1889 Power Building Popularly Known as the Power Block |url=http://www.helenahistory.org/power_building.htm |website=HelenaHistory.org |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603011352/http://www.helenahistory.org/power_building.htm |archivedate=June 3, 2019 |date=2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>]]
In 1889, Power ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Montana, winning the nomination of the Republican Party on the first ballot,<ref>"Montana Republican Convention", ''Bismarck Weekly Tribune'' (August 30, 1889), p. 7.</ref> but losing the general election to Democratic candidate [[Joseph Toole]], the only Democrat on the state ticket that year to be elected.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://mhs.mt.gov/education/studentguide/HistoryOfMontana.asp|title= A Brief History of Montana|publisher= The Official Website for the State of Montana|accessdate= October 10, 2012}}</ref> A conflict erupted over the respective roles of the governor and the state legislature in appointing the first two members of the [[United States Senate]] for the state,<ref>"The Montana Muddle",  ''Ashland Weekly News'' (December 11, 1889), p. 4.</ref> but on January 2, 1890, the Republican-controlled legislature elected Power to the second seat,<ref>"Elected Senator From Montana", ''Chicago Tribune'' (January 3, 1890), p. 2.</ref> which he then held until March 3, 1895.

Power died at his home in Helena on February 16, 1923, and was interred in Resurrection Cemetery. The town of [[Power, Montana|Power]] in Montana is named after him.<ref name="ed">[http://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=POWER,_Thomas_Charles Encyclopedia Dubuque, Thomas Charles Power]</ref>
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