Norman H Meldrum

5th 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

Fort Collins 1887-1889 Republican

Born: Caledonia, New York (October 11, 1841) Died: Denver (February 11, 1920) Married: Susannah Warren (1869) Children: Evelyn M., Susie A., Gordon B.

Cattleman. Served in Civil War with Company G, 21st New York Cavalry. At the close of the war ordered to Colorado; mustered out with rank of Captain, July 13, 1866. Settled near Fort Collins. Encouraged settlement and farming in area, as one of founders and trustees of Fort Collins Agriculture Colony. Entered public office in Larimer County as an assessor in 1869; served in the last Territorial Legislature as member of the House, 1876, and in the first General Assembly; served as member of the Senate, 1877-1879; was Secretary of State, 1879-1883; Surveyor General of Colorado, 1883-1885; Registrar of the State Board of Land Commissioners, 1895-1897. Maintained a residence in Denver as well as in Larimer County.