George A. Hinsdale

George A. Hinsdale
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado Territory
In office
December 12, 1865 – December 19, 1865
Personal details
Born
George Aaron Hinsdale

(1826-12-21)December 21, 1826
Hinesburg, Vermont
DiedJanuary 15, 1874(1874-01-15) (aged 47)
Pueblo, Colorado
Political partyDemocratic Party
SpouseJosephine Murray Sebastian
ChildrenFour
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
ProfessionLawyer, miner, politician
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George A. Hinsdale (December 21, 1826 – January 15, 1874) was a lawyer, miner, and Democratic Party politician who served in the Nebraska Territorial Legislature and the Colorado Territorial Council and was elected lieutenant governor of Colorado Territory. Hinsdale County, Colorado is named for him.

  1. ^ History of the Arkansas Valley, Colorado. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co. 1881. pp. 796–799. OCLC 468808712.
  2. ^ Andrews, Herbert Cornelius (1906). Holman, Alfred L. (ed.). Hinsdale genealogy : descendants of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham, Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield : with an account of the French family of de Hinnisdal. Lombard, Illinois: Printed for Alfred Hinsdale Andrews. pp. 278–279. OCLC 1283659.