Drury Melone Explained

Drury Malone
Office:	Secretary of State of California
Term Start:	December 4, 1871
Term End:	December 6, 1875
Governor:	Newton Booth
Predecessor:	Henry L. Nichols
Successor:	Thomas Beck
Birth Date:	c. 1833
Birth Place:	Kentucky
Death Date:	1903
Death Place:	California
Party:	Republican

Drury Melone (c. 1833-1903) was a California politician who served as the 11th California Secretary of State and a Presidential Elector.^{[1] [2] [3]} Melone was a stockholder of the Union Pacific Railroad and also owned and operated the St. George Hotel in Sacramento, California.^{[4] [5] [6]}

References

1. Web site: History of California Constitutional Officers.
2. Book: 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. 1872. Appleton. en.
3. Book: Davis, Winfield J.. History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892. 692. drury.. 1893. California State Library. en.
4. Book: United States Congressional serial set. 1868. U.S. Government Printing Office. en.
5. Web site: JoinCalifornia - Drury Malone. www.joincalifornia.com. 2019-03-29.
6. Web site: Sacramento Union 26 November 1908 — California Digital Newspaper Collection. cdnc.ucr.edu. 2019-03-29.