John S. Gray (Idaho politician) explained

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]

References

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 .

Notes and References

  1. Book: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4049385&view=1up&seq=65. The Political Founders of Idaho. Twenty-Seventh Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of Idaho. 1944. Curtis. George H.. Wells. Merle. 59-77.
  2. News: Judge Gray Dead.. The Idaho Statesman. September 13, 1891.