Samuel W. Backus
Samuel W. Backus | |
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Pine Plains, New York | |
| Died | March 10, 1930 (aged 85) |
Samuel Woolsey Backus (6 November 1844 in
Adjutant General of the California National Guard
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Backus was born in 1844 in
George C. Perkins in 1880, and was a most efficient officer, reorganizing the State militia thoroughly. He was San Francisco's Postmaster, under President Chester A. Arthur's administration ('82-86), and made such an enviable record as an administrator of public affairs that President Benjamin Harrison re-appointed him in 1890.[4]
In 1889 he purchased the San Francisco Wasp, an illustrated weekly magazine of news and satire.[4] He also served as U.S. Immigration Commissioner in San Francisco, appointed by President William Howard Taft in 1911[5] and reappointed by Governor Hiram Johnson in 1913,[6] serving until 1915.[7]
References
- ^ "Samuel Woolsey Backus (1844-1930)". Find A Grave. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ Vassar, Alexander C. (2011). Legislators of California (PDF). Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ Beath, Robert B. (1889). History of the Grand Army of the Republic. New York: Bryan, Taylor, & Co. p. 326.
- ^ a b c Cramer, James Prentiss (May 1892). "The Press of San Francisco". The Californian. 1 (6): 519โ540.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Backus to be immigration commissioner". San Francisco Call. 29 June 1911.
- ^ "Backus is reappointed". San Francisco Call. 20 September 1913.
- ^ "Santa Cruz Evening News 11 October 1915 โ California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
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