Calvin F. Steele
Calvin F. Steele | |
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Acting Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska | |
In office May 1, 1901 – January 8, 1903 | |
Governor | Ezra P. Savage |
Preceded by | Ezra P. Savage |
Succeeded by | Edmund G. McGilton |
21st President pro tempore of the Nebraska Senate | |
In office January 1901 – January 1903 | |
Preceded by | Adolphus R. Talbot |
Succeeded by | William H. Harrison |
Member of the Nebraska State Senate | |
In office 1897–1903 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Rochelle, Illinois, U.S. | August 19, 1842
Died | March 5, 1910 Fairbury, Nebraska, U.S. | (aged 67)
Political party | Republican[1] |
Spouse | Anna Maria Steele |
Children | 2 |
Calvin Fisher Steele (August 19, 1842 – March 5, 1910) was a Nebraska businessman who served in the
Early life
Steele was born on a farm in Ogle County near Rochelle, Illinois, and served with Company I of the Second Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War.
Career
Shortly after the war, Steele came to Nebraska and located in Fairbury, Nebraska, where he lived for the rest of his life. He engaged in the furniture business, and was reported to be one of the largest dealers of furniture in southern Nebraska at the time.[2] He served twice as the sheriff of Jefferson County and also twice as the county treasurer.[2]
In 1896, Steele was elected to the
On May 1, 1901, after serving only four months as Governor of Nebraska,
Personal life
Steele married Anna Maria Strickland, and they had two children. He died in Fairbury, Nebraska, in 1910. He is interred in Fairbury Cemetery, Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska.
References
- ^ a b Nebraska Legislature (1897). Senate Journal of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska.
- ^ a b c 1901-02 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF). p. 564-65.
- ^ "2020-21 Nebraska Blue Book" (PDF), Nebraska Legislature, p. 415
- ^ 1915 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF), p. 168
- ^ 1915 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF), p. 11
- ^ 1918 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF), p. 11
- ^ "Federal Court Petit Jury: Ex-Lieutenant Governor Steele and Several Prominent Men on the Panel", Omaha Daily Bee, May 31, 1906,
Among others on the panel is former Lieutenant Governor Calvin F. Steele of Fairbury.
- ^ "Nebraska Will Send 1,000: Commander Steele Predicts Many Veterans Will Go to Washington–Freight Men Back". Omaha World-Herald. July 18, 1902. p. 4. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
...says Calvin F. Steele of Fairbury, lieutenant governor of the state...
- ^ "Calvin F. Steele Obituary". Cambridge Clarion. March 8, 1910. p. 4. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
Calvin F. Steele, former lieutenant governor... died at his home in Fairbury Saturday.
- ^ "Purely Personal". The Times, Clay Center, Kansas. March 10, 1910. p. 5. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
Mrs. E. T. Landon went to Fairbury, Nebr., Tuesday morning to be present at the funeral of her uncle, Calvin Steele, ex-lieutenant governor of that state.
- ^ 1920 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF), p. 22
- ^ 1956 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF), p. 115