Drury Melone
Drury Melone | |
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Portrait by I. W. Taber | |
| 11th Secretary of State of California | |
| In office December 4, 1871 – December 6, 1875 | |
| Governor | Newton Booth |
| Preceded by | Henry L. Nichols |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Beck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1833 Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | May 24, 1903 (aged 69–70) Napa County, California, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
Drury Melone (c. 1833 – May 24, 1903)[1] was a California politician who served as the 11th California Secretary of State and a Presidential Elector.[2][3][4] Melone was a stockholder of the Union Pacific Railroad and also owned and operated the St. George Hotel in Sacramento, California.[5][6][7]
References
- ^ "DRURY MELONE QUIETLY PASSES AWAY AT HIS NAPA COUNTY HOME". The San Francisco Call. San Francisco. 26 May 1903. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ "History of California Constitutional Officers" (PDF).
- ^ Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry. Appleton. 1872.
- ^ Davis, Winfield J. (1893). History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892. California State Library. p. 692.
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- ^ United States Congressional serial set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1868.
- ^ "JoinCalifornia - Drury Malone". www.joincalifornia.com. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
- ^ "Sacramento Union 26 November 1908 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
External links
- Media related to Drury Melone at Wikimedia Commons