Erastus R Harper

16th 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

Gunnison 1907-1909 Republican

Born: Michigan (July 14, 1857) Died: Denver (May 12, 1927) Married: Alice Hitchcock (1882) Children: Lena

Businessman with mining interests. In 1900, moved from Akron, Ohio, to Gunnison; became superintendent of one of leading mining properties on Western Slope. Experienced in Indian affairs, with four years as commissioner in Washington; travelled extensively throughout West on Indian matters. Recognized authority on metals; sent to South Africa during World War I to test gold quartz. Active in Colorado public life, as State Insurance Commissioner, 1915; Private Secretary to Governor Shoup, 1919; served as Director and Secretary of State Historical Society, 1925-1927; President, Colorado Prison Association, 1909-1920; State Budget and Efficiency Commissioner, 1919-1921.