Truman Reeves
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Truman Reeves
|image = Truman Reeves, 1897.jpg
|caption = Reeves in 1897
|birth_date = {{birth date|1840|8|17}}
|birth_place = Chardon, Ohio, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1924|3|8|1840|8|17}}
|death_place = Sacramento, California, U.S.
|order1 = 18th
|office1 = California State Treasurer
|governor1 = Henry T. Gage
George Pardee
|term_start1 = January 4, 1899
|term_end1 = January 9, 1907
|predecessor1 = Will S. Green
|successor1 = William R. Williams
|office2 = Member of the California State Assembly
|constituency2 = 1st district (1883–1885)
79th district (1885–1887)
|term2 = January 8, 1883 – January 3, 1887
|preceded2 = Elijah W. Hendrick
|succeeded2 = Hiram M. Barton
|party = Republican
|spouse = {{marriage|Marion E. McConkey|1867}}
|children = 2
|education =
|branch = Union Army
|battles = American Civil War
|rank = Lieutenant
}}
Truman Reeves (August 17, 1840 – March 8, 1924) was California State Treasurer from 1899 to 1907. He also was a member of the California State Assembly from 1883 to 1887{{cite web|title= Join California - Truman Reeves|url=http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/6708|website=joincalifornia.com}} and treasurer of San Bernardino County (1890–98). He was a Republican.
Biography
Reeves was born in Chardon, Ohio. He became a watchmaker's apprentice at age 18, and enlisted in the Union Army in 1861. He was promoted from private to lieutenant, and was wounded three times—the last at the Battle of Cold Harbor in 1864, where he lost his left arm. After the war, he was postmaster of Orwell, Ohio until 1868, and was then elected recorder of Ashtabula County, Ohio. In 1867 he married Marion E. McConkey (1845–1930), with whom he raised two children. They moved to San Bernardino, California in 1875, where Reeves worked as a watchmaker and fruit grower. He died in 1924 and his grave is at the East Lawn Memorial Park in Sacramento, California.
References
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- [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state1/biographies/treeves.html Biography]
- [https://archive.today/20130126043634/http://www.illustratedredlands.com/Individuals/ReevesT.htm another biography]
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Category:Members of the California State Assembly
Category:State treasurers of California
Category:Politicians from Ashtabula, Ohio
Category:People from Chardon, Ohio
Category:California Republicans
Category:People from Orwell, Ohio
Category:People from San Bernardino, California
Category:Military personnel from California
Category:19th-century members of the California State Legislature
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