Samuel Purdy

Samuel Purdy
3rd Lieutenant Governor of California
In office
January 8, 1852 – January 9, 1856
Governor John Bigler
Preceded by David C. Broderick
as Acting Lieutenant Governor
Succeeded by Robert M. Anderson
Personal details
Born 1819
New York City, New York
Died February 17, 1882(1882-02-17) (aged 64)
San Francisco, California
Political party Democratic

Samuel Purdy (1819 – February 17, 1882)[1][2] was the third Lieutenant Governor of California, 1852-1856. He ran for office as a Democrat.[3] He also became the first mayor of Stockton, California, in 1851.[4]

References

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  3. ^ Hittell, Theodore Henry (1898). History of California, Vol. IV, pp. 81-82, 135. San Francisco: N.J. Stone & Company.
  4. ^ Hutchings, J. M. (1875). Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California, p. 34. New York and San Francisco: A. Roman and Company.

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Political offices
Preceded by
David C. Broderick
Acting Lieutenant Governor		 Lieutenant Governors of California
1852—1856		 Succeeded by
Robert M. Anderson
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 • Pasquil* • Maldonado • Newsom
* denotes Acting