Jared L Brush

9th 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

Greeley 1895-1899 Republican

Born: Clermont County, Ohio (July 6, 1835) Died: Greeley (April 24, 1913) Married: Ada M. Maltby [Maltley or Maltbie] (October 20, 1867) Children: Walter I., Edna M. Married: Mary (Sterling) Doolittle (1879) Children: Ruth G., Ada M., Mary J., Jared L., Sterling R.

Farmer, cattle raiser, banker. Arrived in Clear Creek County from Iowa farm, June 3, 1859. Engaged in prospecting, 1859-1860; ranching on Big Thompson, 1860-1870; freighting with ox teams across plains, 1861-1866; brought in one of first cattle herds in 1862; improved land and stock; developed early irrigation systems; encouraged agricultural associations. Served as Weld County Sheriff, 1871, and County Commissioner, 1874-1877. Became a representative of the General Assembly, 1879-1893. In 1896 gave up stock raising for banking. Maintained interest in agricultural progress and helped work out problems of new western lands. Gave support to education; helped secure State Normal School for Greeley; served as trustee of State Agricultural College, 1907-1913.