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Established 00, 1850
Disbanded 00, 1929
Last ModifiedBrentinCO June 13, 2023 03:56pm
DescriptionThe office was created in 1850, with the Surveyor General also acting as the Register of the State Lands Office. The Surveyor General was responsible for licensing surveyors, regulating mines, and surveying the Mexican land grants. The office was dissolved in 1929, with the state powers of the Surveyor General and the Bureau of State Lands were incorporated into the Department of Finance under the Office of the Governor, and the records being transferred to a Supervisor of Surveys under the US Department of Interior. In 1938, the powers were moved to the State Lands Commission, whose three members are the Lieutenant Governor, Controller, and Director of Finance.

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Date Type Results
Nov 08, 1910 General Election
 William S. Kingsbury(I)
199,800
56.35% 		 E.W. Nolan
107,202
30.23% 		 R. Gilhousen
40,637
11.46% 		 Harry V. Wheeler
6,933
1.96% 		  Scattering
11
0.00%
Nov 04, 1906 General Election
 William S. Kingsbury
161,307
55.17% 		 J.C. Lane
82,551
28.24% 		 Isaac N. Chapman
24,365
8.33% 		 L.D. Matthews
17,321
5.92% 		 John H. Kendall
6,818
2.33%
Nov 04, 1902 General Election
 Victor H. Woods
157,580
54.92% 		 Charles H. Holcomb
113,282
39.48% 		 Walter Stevenson
11,240
3.92% 		 Thomas B. Russell
4,809
1.68%
Nov 06, 1898 General Election
 Martin J. Wright(I)
138,014
50.72% 		 I.H. Mulholland
116,479
42.80% 		 Green Spurrier
8,886
3.27% 		 J. George Smith
8,753
3.22%
Nov 06, 1894 General Election
 Martin J. Wright
115,862
43.19% 		 D.M. Angier
90,489
33.73% 		 L.F. Bassett
52,924
19.73% 		 Green Spurrier
8,966
3.34%
Nov 04, 1890 General Election
 Theodore Reichert(I)
131,172
51.96% 		 Stanley C. Boom
112,765
44.67% 		 E.M. Chase
6,476
2.57% 		 William L. Dixon
2,049
0.81%
Nov 02, 1886 General Election
 Theodore Reichert
98,240
50.22% 		 Edward O. Miller
91,398
46.72% 		 George B. Tolman
5,976
3.05%
Nov 07, 1882 General Election
 Henry I. Willey
86,836
52.74% 		 William Minto
73,599
44.70% 		 E.K. Hill
3,116
1.89% 		 W. J. Cuthbertson
1,111
0.67%
Sep 07, 1879 General Election
 James W. Shanklin
67,166
41.78% 		 H.J. Stevenson
41,226
25.64% 		 William Minis(I)
32,291
20.09% 		 F.J. Clark
20,080
12.49%
Sep 07, 1875 General Election
 William Minis
59,677
48.68% 		 Robert Gardner(I)
35,098
28.63% 		 Edward Twitchell
27,816
22.69%
Sep 06, 1871 General Election
 Robert Gardner
61,967
51.71% 		 John W. Bost(I)
57,866
48.29%
Sep 04, 1867 General Election
 John W. Bost
48,047
51.62% 		 Charles F. Reed
45,039
48.38%
Sep 03, 1863 General Election
 James F. Houghton(I)
64,887
59.72% 		 Presley Dunlap
43,760
40.28%
Sep 04, 1861 General Election
 James F. Houghton
51,373
43.17% 		 J.J. Gardiner
35,439
29.78% 		 Horace A. Higley(I)
32,179
27.04%
Sep 07, 1859 General Election
 Horace A. Higley(I)
60,127
59.02% 		 James Sharon Long
31,073
30.50% 		 A.W. Randall
10,676
10.48%
Sep 02, 1857 General Election
 Horace A. Higley
55,858
59.57% 		 L.B. Healey
19,703
21.01% 		 P.M. Randall
18,205
19.42%
Sep 05, 1855 General Election
 John A. Brewster
49,994
51.56% 		 Seneca H. Marlette(I)
46,977
48.44%
Oct 08, 1853 General Election
 Seneca H. Marlette
42,100
54.84% 		 Selim E. Woodworth
34,663
45.16%
Sep 03, 1851 General Election
 William M. Eddy
22,678
51.36% 		 Walter Herron
21,473
48.64%
Dec 22, 1849 General Election
 Charles J. Whiting
27
57.45% 		 William M. Eddy
15
31.91% 		 Owen P. Sutton
4
8.51% 		 William R. Bassham
1
2.13% 		 [FNU] Norris
0
0.00%

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