Amos Steck

Amos Steck

3rd Mayor of Denver
In office 1863–1864
Preceded by	Charles A. Cook
Succeeded by	Hiram J. Brendlinger
Personal details
Born	January 8, 1822 Lancaster, Ohio, U.S
Died	November 17, 1908(1908-11-17) (aged 86) Denver, Colorado, U.S.

Amos Steck (January 8, 1822 – November 17, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician.^[1] He served as Postmaster in 1859, then mayor of Denver, Colorado from 1863 to 1864.^[2] He also was School Board president, and elected to the state legislature. He died in 1908 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Denver.^[3] Amos Steck Elementary School is named after him.^[4]

References

↑ McGrath, Maria Davies (1934). The Real Pioneers of Colorado. The Denver Museum. pp. 485–486. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
↑ "History of the Office". Denver Office of the Mayor. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
↑ Amos Steck at Find a Grave
↑ Amos Steck Elementary: About Amos Steck

James Bretz. The mansions of Denver: the vintage years.

Mayors of Denver, Colorado

Moore Cook Steck Brendlinger Clark DeLano Clayton Stiles Harper Bates Case Barker Buckingham Stiles Sopris Morris Routt Bates Lee Londoner Rogers Van Horn McMurry Johnson Wright Speer Arnold Perkins Sharpley Speer Mills Bailey Stapleton Begole Stapleton Newton Nicholson Batterton Currigan McNichols Peña Webb Hickenlooper Vidal Hancock

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