Pelham A. Barrows Explained

Pelham A. Barrows
Order1:16th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska
Term Start1:January 9, 1919
Term End1:January 4, 1923
Governor1:Samuel Roy McKelvie
Predecessor1:Edgar Howard
Successor1:Fred Gustus Johnson
Birth Date:13 March 1861
Birth Place:Massachusetts
Death Place:California
Occupation:Politician

Pelham Anderson Barrows (March 13, 1861 – November 30, 1939) served as the 16th lieutenant governor of Nebraska from 1919 to 1923 under Governor Samuel Roy McKelvie. He also served a stint as commander of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.[1] A native of Massachusetts,[2] he later moved to California,[3] where he died in 1939.

Notes and References

  1. (13 August 1922). LIEUT. GOVERNOR WORKS AS RAIL STRIKE GUARD; P.A. Barrows of Nebraska, Reduced to $5, Says He Had to Take Job on Burlington, The New York Times
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=t7glAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA286 Lieutenant-Governor Pelham A. Barrows of Nebraska
  3. (12 May 1932). OFFICERS OF G.A.R. TO BE WELCOMED, Los Angeles Times ("The party will be met here by Pelham A. Barrows of Los Angeles, Past Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Union Veterans ...")