Samuel Purdy

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

Political offices
Preceded by David C. Broderick Acting Lieutenant Governor	Lieutenant Governors of California 1852—1856	Succeeded by Robert M. Anderson

v t e 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 Pasquil* Maldonado Newsom

* acting

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