Arthur Cornforth

14th Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant Governors: Jane E Norton | Joe Rogers | Gail Schoettler | Sam Cassidy | Mike Callihan | Nancy E Dick | George L Brown | Ted Strickland | John D Vanderhoof | Mark Anthony Hogan | Robert Lee Knous | Frank L Hays | Stephen LR McNichols | Gordon Llewellyn Allott | Charles Murphy | Walter Walford Johnson | Homer L Pearson | William Eugene Higby | John C Vivian | Frank J Hayes | Raymond Herbert Talbot | Edwin C Johnson | George Milton Corlett | Sterling Byrd Lacy | Robert Fay Rockwell | Earl Cooley | George Stephan | James A Pulliam | Moses E Lewis | Stephen R Fitzgarrald | Erastus R Harper | Fred W Parks | Arthur Cornforth | Jesse F McDonald | Warren Armstrong Haggott | David Courtney Coates | Francis Patrick Carney | Jared L Brush | David Hopkinson Nichols | William Story | William Grover Smith | Norman H Meldrum | Peter W Breene | William H Meyer | Horace Austin Warner Tabor | Lafayette Head |

Biography

Colorado Springs 1905 Republican

Born: Smethport, Pennsylvania (February 21, 1861) Died: Colorado Springs (August 5, 1938) Married: Fannie Fulke (December 20, 1882)

Judge. In October 1887 left law practice in Clyde, Kansas to live in Denver. Became express agent for Denver & Rio Grande Railway until 1889. Later resumed law practice in Durango, where he served as County Attorney in 1895. Moved to Colorado Springs in January, 1896, and specialized in mining and estate cases. Served in State Senate, 1903-1905, 1911-1913, 1913-1915. Began long career on district bench in 1921, presiding Judge of Fourth Judicial District at time of death. Noted as jurist rather than politician.