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Drury Melone

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Drury Malone
Secretary of State of California
In office
December 4, 1871 – December 6, 1875
GovernorNewton Booth
Preceded byHenry L. Nichols
Succeeded byThomas Beck
Personal details
Bornc. 1833
Kentucky
Died1903
California
Political partyRepublican

Drury Melone (c. 1833-1903) was a California politician who served as the 11th California Secretary of State and a Presidential Elector.[1][2][3] Melone was a stockholder of the Union Pacific Railroad and also owned and operated the St. George Hotel in Sacramento, California.[4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "History of California Constitutional Officers" (PDF).
  2. ^ Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry. Appleton. 1872.
  3. ^ Davis, Winfield J. (1893). History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892. California State Library. p. 692. drury.
  4. ^ United States Congressional serial set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1868.
  5. ^ "JoinCalifornia - Drury Malone". www.joincalifornia.com. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  6. ^ "Sacramento Union 26 November 1908 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-29.