Jared L. Brush

Jared L. Brush
Jared L. Brush
9th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
	In office; 1895–1899
Governor	Albert McIntire; Alva Adams
Preceded by	David H. Nichols
Succeeded by	Francis Patrick Carney
President of the Colorado Senate
	In office; 1895–1898
Preceded by	David H. Nichols
Succeeded by	Francis Patrick Carney
Member of the Colorado Senate
	In office; 1895–1899
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
	In office; 1879–1882
Personal details
Born	July 6, 1835; Clermont County, Ohio, U.S.
Died	April 24, 1913 (aged 77); Greeley, Colorado, U.S.
Political party	Republican

Jared L. Brush (July 6, 1835 – April 24, 1913) was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. He was a Republican and served from 1895 to 1899 under governors Albert McIntire and Alva Adams.^[1]^[2]

Biography

He was born in Clermont County, Ohio on July 6, 1835. He moved to Iowa and then to Greeley, Colorado, arriving in 1859. He was a prospector and rancher who developed early irrigation systems and encouraged agricultural associations. He served as sheriff of Weld County in 1871, as a county commissioner from 1874 to 1877, and as a state representative from 1879 to 1882. He also served in the Colorado Senate from 1895 to 1898, serving as the Senate President during those years. In 1896 he became a banker but continued to encourage agriculture and education. He died April 24, 1913, in Greeley.^[1]^[2]

Memory

The town of Brush, Colorado is named after Jared L. Brush.^[3] A barn, the Jared L. Brush Barn, built by Brush on his farm in Weld County, Colorado, still stands and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Jared L. Brush". Legislator History Database — Colorado legislators past and present. Colorado General Assembly. n.d. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c Presidents and speakers of the Colorado General Assembly: A biographical portrait from 1876 (PDF) (Revised ed.). Denver, Colorado: Colorado Legislative Council. 2013. p. 18.
^ Political graveyard.
^ "National Register of Historic Places nomination form: Jared L. Brush Barn". National Register of Historic Places. United States National Park Service. August 21, 1991. Retrieved February 24, 2025.

Political offices
Preceded by David H. Nichols	Lieutenant Governor of Colorado 1895–1899	Succeeded by Francis P. Carney

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[LHD-1] "Jared L. Brush". Legislator History Database — Colorado legislators past and present. Colorado General Assembly. n.d. Retrieved February 24, 2025.

[book-2] Presidents and speakers of the Colorado General Assembly: A biographical portrait from 1876 (PDF) (Revised ed.). Denver, Colorado: Colorado Legislative Council. 2013. p. 18.

[3] Political graveyard.

[4] "National Register of Historic Places nomination form: Jared L. Brush Barn". National Register of Historic Places. United States National Park Service. August 21, 1991. Retrieved February 24, 2025.

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