Category: Colorado

Representative | Whig | BELL, JOHN, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born near Nashville, Tenn., February 18, 1796; graduated from Cumberland College in 1814; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Franklin, Tenn.; member, State senate 1817; declined to be a candidate for reelection and moved to Nashville;… Continue reading John Bell

Governor | Republican | Long John Routt on Wikipedia

Lt. Governor | Democrat | Stephen McNichols on Wikipedia Stephen McNichols on OurCampaigns.com

Senator | Republican | TELLER, HENRY MOORE, a Senator from Colorado; born in Granger, Allegany County, N.Y., May 23, 1830; attended Rushford and Alfred Academies in New York; taught school; studied law and was admitted to the bar in Binghamton, N.Y., in 1858; moved to Illinois in 1858 and to Colorado in 1861; major general… Continue reading Henry Teller

Senator | Democrat | JOHNSON, EDWIN CARL, a Senator from Colorado; born in Scandia, Republic County, Kans., January 1, 1884; moved with his parents to a cattle ranch near Elsie, Nebr., in 1884; attended the rural schools; employed as railroad laborer, telegrapher, and train dispatcher 1901-1909; homesteaded on government land in Colorado in 1910; operated… Continue reading Edwin C. Johnson

Representative | Republican | CHENOWETH, JOHN EDGAR, a Representative from Colorado; born in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colo., August 17, 1897; attended the public and high schools, and the University of Colorado at Boulder; engaged in railroading and in the mercantile business 1916-1925; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1925 and commenced practice… Continue reading John Chenoweth

Representative | Democrat | TAYLOR, EDWARD THOMAS, a Representative from Colorado; born on a farm near Metamora, Woodford County, Ill., June 19, 1858; attended the common schools of Illinois and Kansas, and was graduated from the high school at Leavenworth, Kans., in 1881; moved to Leadville, Lake County, Colo.; principal of Leadville High School in… Continue reading Edward T. Taylor

Representative | Democrat | SCHROEDER, PATRICIA SCOTT, a Representative from Colorado; born Patricia Nell Scott in Portland, Multnomah County, Oreg., July 30, 1940; graduated from Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, Iowa, 1958; B.A., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., 1961; J.D., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1964; lawyer, private practice; lawyer, National Labor Relations Board, 1964-1966;… Continue reading Pat Schroeder

Representative | Democrat | CAMPBELL, BEN NIGHTHORSE, a Representative and a Senator from Colorado; born in Auburn, Calif., April 13, 1933; attended public schools; B.A., California State University at San Jose 1957; attended Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan 1960-1964; served in U.S. Air Force in Korea 1951-1954; member of the United States Olympic Team in 1964;… Continue reading Ben Nighthorse Campbell

Attorney General | Democrat | SALAZAR, KENNETH LEE, (Brother of John Salazar), a Senator from Colorado; born in Alamosa, Colorado, March 2, 1955; B.A., political science, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1977; J.D., University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1981; practiced law in Denver, Colo., 1981-1986, 1994-1998; chief legal counsel, Governor Roy Romer… Continue reading Ken Salazar