Francis Patrick Carney
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Francis Patrick Carney (September 20, 1846 – May 4, 1902) was the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, United States. He was a member of the Populist party and served from 1899 to 1901 under Governor Charles Spalding Thomas.[1]
He was born September 20, 1846 in County Fermanagh, Ireland. His family emigrated to New York City in 1859 and moved to Ouray, Colorado in 1877. He became a mason and worked as a contractor and miner as well as an organizer of labor unions. He served as a Colorado Assemblyman from 1893 to 1895 and state senator 1895 to 1899. He died May 4, 1902 in Ouray.
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Preceded by | Lieutenant Governor of Colorado 1899–1901 |
Succeeded by David C. Coates |
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- Members of the Colorado House of Representatives
- Colorado State Senators
- Lieutenant Governors of Colorado
- People's Party (United States) elected officials
- Colorado Populists
- 1846 births
- 1902 deaths
- People from County Fermanagh
- People from Ouray County, Colorado
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
- Colorado stubs