Frank M. Pixley
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Frank M. Pixley (January 31, 1825-1895) born in Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, graduated from Hamilton College and studied law in Rochester, New York. In 1847, he was admitted to the Supreme Court of Michigan. Two years later he came to California and married Amelia Van Reynegom. The Pixleys lived in the North Beach area of San Francisco.
Pixley and Frank Somers founded The Argonaut in April, 1877. The Argonaut was considered one of the most important journals in California and it had a great deal of political influence. Pixley was friends with former Governor of California John G. Downey. Pixley was the 8th Attorney General of California. He fought it in the Civil War alongside Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Cold Harbor. In 1868 he was the Republican candidate for Congress in California's First District, losing to incumbent Samuel Beach Axtell by more than 3500 votes.
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