Samuel Purdy

Samuel Purdy
3rd Lieutenant Governor of California
In office
January 8, 1852 – January 9, 1856
GovernorJohn Bigler
Preceded byDavid C. Broderick (Acting)
Succeeded byRobert M. Anderson
1st Mayor of Stockton, California
In office
October 5, 1850 – 1851
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJohn C. Edwards
Personal details
Born1819
New York City, US
Died(1882-02-17)February 17, 1882 (aged 64)
San Francisco, California, US
Political partyDemocratic
Children7
OccupationArchitect, politician

Samuel Purdy (1819 – February 17, 1882)[1][2] was an American politician. As a Democrat, he served as the third Lieutenant Governor of California from 1852 to 1856.[3] He also was the first mayor of Stockton, California, where he was in office from 1850 to 1851.[4]

  1. ^ "Sketch of an Esteemed and Eminent California Pioneer". Daily Alta California. California. 18 February 1882.
  2. ^ Governmental Roster: State and County Governments of California, Executive, Judicial and Legislative Departments. California: J.D. Young, Supt. State Printing. 1889. p. 129.
  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.