D. P. B. Pride Explained

D. P. B. Pride
Birth Name:David Porter Baker Pride
Birth Date:April 22, 1854
Death Date:March 21, 1894 (aged 39)
Office:1st Attorney General of the Idaho Territory
Term Start:1885
Term End:1887
Predecessor:Position created
Successor:Richard Z. Johnson
Birth Place:Cumberland, Maine, U.S.
Death Place:Idaho, U.S.
Office1:Secretary of the Idaho Territory
Term Start1:July 2, 1884
Term End1:February 12, 1885
Predecessor1:Edward L. Curtis
Successor1:Edward L. Curtis

David Porter Baker Pride (April 22, 1854 – March 21, 1894)[1] was an American attorney and politician who served as the secretary of the Idaho Territory from July 2, 1884, to February 12, 1885, and first attorney general of the Idaho Territory from 1885 to 1887.

Background

Pride was born in Cumberland, Maine in 1854 and began his career as a lawyer and school board official in Windham, Maine.[2] Pride later relocated to Idaho, where he became an active figure in the Idaho statehood movement.[3] In 1885, Pride successfully campaigned the Idaho Legislature to appropriate funds for the construction of the Idaho State Capitol and the Idaho Insane Asylum in Blackfoot.[4] The Idaho Legislature eventually created the position of "territorial prosecuting attorney” for Pride.[5]

References

  1. Web site: Photos of David Porter Baker Pride - Find A Grave.... 2021-10-29. www.findagrave.com. en.
  2. Book: Maine State Year-book, and Legislative Manual, for the Year .... 1876. Hoyt & Fogg. en.
  3. Book: Idaho. Laws of the Territory of Idaho. 1885. Territorial Printer. en.
  4. Web site: April 1968. IDAHO'S TERRITORIAL CAPITOL. live. history.idaho.gov. https://web.archive.org/web/20201019204705/https://history.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/0132.pdf . 2020-10-19 .
  5. Book: Hemenway, Charles W.. Memoirs of My Day: In and Out of Mormondom. 1887. Deseret News Company. en.