Stephen R. Fitzgarrald

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Stephen R. Fitzgarrald

Stephen R. Fitzgarrald (born December 25, 1854 in Center Point , Linn County , Iowa , † June 2, 1926 in Denver , Colorado ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ). He was the lieutenant governor of the state of Colorado from 1909 to 1915 .

Stephen Fitzgarrald moved with his father George in 1878 to Colorado there to gold prospecting. During a brief stay in Leadville , where he worked in the mining industry, he became interested in a legal career. He returned to Iowa where the law to study.

Finally he settled permanently in Colorado from 1881. First he lived in Ophir , then from 1883 in Telluride . In 1915 he moved to the Silverton area and later to Denver. Fitzgarrald served as state capital trial attorney and assistant district attorney. He took his first political mandate between 1893 and 1895 as a member of the House of Representatives from Colorado ; he represented there the San Miguel County and brought mainly draft laws in the area of ​​tax penalties and trust agreements.

In 1909, Fitzgarrald was elected lieutenant governor of Colorado alongside Governor John F. Shafroth . Even under his successor Elias M. Ammons , who took office in January 1913, he remained in his post for another two years.

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SURNAME Fitzgarrald, Stephen R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Center Point , Iowa
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1926
Place of death Denver , Colorado