Frank M. Pixley

Frank M. Pixley

Frank M. Pixley (January 31, 1825 - 1895) was an American journalist and politician who served briefly as the Attorney General of California.

Pixley was born in Westmoreland, Oneida, New York. He graduated from Hamilton College and studied law in Rochester, New York. In 1847, he was admitted to the Supreme Court of Michigan. Two years later he travelled to California during the Gold Rush, and spent two winters working mines on the Yuba River. He met and married Amelia Van Reynegom; the Pixleys lived in the North Beach area of San Francisco.

Pixley served as the 8th Attorney General of California, from 1860 to 1861. He fought in the Civil War alongside Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Cold Harbor. In 1868 he was the Republican candidate for Congress in California's First District, losing to incumbent Samuel Beach Axtell by more than 3500 votes.

Pixley and Frank Somers founded "The Argonaut" in April, 1877. "The Argonaut" was considered one of the most important publications in California and it had a great deal of political influence. He was friends with former Governor of California John G. Downey, and after the tragic death of Downey's wife introduced him to a much younger woman who wrote for "The Argonaut", resulting in a minor scandal.

The town of Pixley, in Tulare County, California, is named after Frank Pixley.

External links

* [http://caag.state.ca.us/ag/history/8pixley.htm Brief biography with picture]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Frank Cox — (born 28 May 1940) was a British Director from the 1960s to the 1980s.Cox studied English at University of Leeds where he graduated in 1962. He didn t get into RADA, but managed to get a job as a floor assistant at BBC. He was then offered a… …   Wikipedia

  • Corte Madera, California — Town of Corte Madera   Town   Aerial view of the Mariner Cove subdivision of Corte Madera …   Wikipedia

  • Yda Hillis Addis — Yda Hillis Addis, (born 1857, disappeared 1902) was the first American writer to translate ancient Mexican oral stories and histories into English. Addis published these stories in The Argonaut , a bi monthly San Francisco journal, founded in… …   Wikipedia

  • California's 1st congressional district — This page is about California s 1st congressional district. You may be looking for California State Route 1. Infobox U.S. congressional district state = California district number = 1 representative = Mike Thompson party = Democratic english area …   Wikipedia

  • John G. Downey — Infobox Governor name = John Gately Downey order = 7th office = Governor of California term start = January 14, 1860 term end = January 10, 1862 lieutenant = Isaac N. Quinn (1860 ndash;1861) Pablo de la Guerra (1861 ndash;1862) predecessor =… …   Wikipedia

  • Politique de la Californie — Comme chaque État fédéré des États Unis d Amérique, la Californie possède sa constitution et est administrée par un gouverneur. C est une république divisée en trois branches de gouvernement, la branche exécutive comprenant le Gouverneur de… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Politique de la californie — Comme chaque État fédéré des États Unis d Amérique, la Californie possède sa constitution et est administrée par un gouverneur. C est une république divisée en trois branches de gouvernement, la branche exécutive comprenant le Gouverneur de… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • California's 4th congressional district — Infobox U.S. congressional district state = California district number = 4 representative = John Doolittle party = Republican english area = 16,453 metric area = 43,298 percent urban = 67.4 percent rural = 32.6 population = 639,088 population… …   Wikipedia

  • The Argonaut — For the building in Detroit, Michigan, see The Argonaut (Building) . The Argonaut was a literary journal based in San Francisco, California that ran from 1877 to 1893, founded and published by Frank M. Pixley. The magazine was known for… …   Wikipedia

  • Benjamin B. Redding — Benjamin Barnard Redding (January 17, 1824 ndash; August 21, 1882) was a Canadian born state official of California, politician and land agent with the Central Pacific Railroad. The town of Redding, California, was named for him. Born in Yarmouth …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”