Samuel Purdy

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Samuel Purdy was Lieutenant Governor of California, 1852-1856. He ran for office as a Democrat.[1] He also became the first mayor of Stockton, California, in 1851.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hittell, Theodore Henry (1898). History of California, Vol. IV, pp. 81-82, 135. San Francisco: N.J. Stone & Company.
  2. ^ Hutchings, J. M. (1875). Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California, p. 34. New York and San Francisco: A. Roman and Company.
Preceded by
David C. Broderick		 Lieutenant Governors of California
1852—1856		 Succeeded by
Robert M. Anderson
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Lieutenant Governors of California
McDougall • Broderick* • Purdy • R. Anderson • Walkup • Downey • Quinn* • de la Guerra* • Chellis • Machin • Holden • Pacheco • Irwin* • Johnson • Mansfield • Daggett • Waterman • White* • Reddick • Millard • Jeter • Neff • A. Anderson • Porter • Wallace • Eshleman • Stephens • Young • Fitts • Carnahan • Merriam • Hatfield • Patterson • Houser • Knight • Powers • G. Anderson • Finch • Reinecke • Harmer • Dymally • Curb • McCarthy • Davis • Bustamante • Garamendi
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