Samuel Hitt Elbert

Samuel Hitt Elbert was an attorney in the Nebraska Territory before settling in the Colorado Territory. He served as the second secretary of the Territory of Colorado from 1862 to 1866 and he served as the sixth Governor of the Territory of Colorado from 1873 to 1874. After Colorado statehood, he was a justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 1876 to 1888 and was chief justice from 1879 to 1882.