Jared L. Brush
American politician
Jared L. Brush (July 6, 1835 – April 24, 1913) was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. He was a Republican and served from 1895 to 1899 under governors Albert McIntire and Alva Adams.[1]
Biography
He was born in Clermont County, Ohio, on July 6, 1835. He moved to Iowa and then to Greeley, Colorado, arriving in 1859. He was a prospector and rancher, who developed early irrigation systems and encouraged agricultural associations. He served as sheriff of Weld County in 1871, as a county commissioner from 1874 to 1877, and as a state assemblyman from 1879 to 1893. In 1896 he became a banker but continued to encourage agriculture and education, securing a state normal school for Greeley (later Colorado State Teachers College, now the University of Northern Colorado).[2] He died April 24, 1913, in Greeley.
Memory
The town of Brush, Colorado is named after Jared Brush.[3]
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| Preceded by David H. Nichols | Lieutenant Governor of Colorado 1895–1899 | Succeeded by Francis P. Carney |
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