John S. Gray | |
Office: | 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Idaho |
Term Start: | December 18, 1890 |
Term End: | September 12, 1891 |
Governor: | N. B. Willey |
Predecessor: | N. B. Willey |
Successor: | F. B. Willis |
Office1: | Member of the Idaho Senate |
Term Start1: | 1890 |
Term End1: | September 12, 1891 |
Constituency1: | Ada County |
Office2: | Delegate to the Idaho Constitutional Convention |
Term Start2: | July 4, 1889 |
Term End2: | August 6, 1889 |
Constituency2: | Ada County |
Office3: | Member of the Idaho House of Representatives |
Term Start3: | 1880 |
Term End3: | 1881 |
Constituency3: | Ada County |
Office4: | Idaho Territorial Treasurer |
Term Start4: | January 16, 1871 |
Term End4: | February 16, 1872 |
Predecessor4: | Edward C. Sterling |
Successor4: | John Huntoon |
Birth Date: | 1833 |
Birth Place: | Watertown, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
John S. Gray (1833 – September 12, 1891) was a Republican politician from Idaho.
Gray was born in Watertown, New York, in 1833, and he moved West, to Yreka, California, in 1857. He came to Idaho Territory in 1862, first to Orofino, then to Florence, before settling in Boise. He lost elections for district attorney in 1864 and sheriff in 1868 before being appointed as territorial treasurer in 1871. He was elected to represent Ada County in the territorial house of representatives in 1880. Gray then served as a delegate to the Idaho Constitutional Convention for Ada County in 1889. He was elected to the first state senate in 1890, and was elected as president pro tempore of that body.[1] Upon Lieutenant Governor N. B. Willey's elevation to the governorship on December 18, 1890, Gray, as president pro tempore of the senate, became 2nd lieutenant governor. He died in Boise on September 12, 1891, at the age of 58.[2]
Web site: Executive Branch . Idaho Bluebook . State of Idaho . 70–72 . August 14, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100617045033/http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/bluebook/2010/03_executive.pdf . June 17, 2010 .