Douglas A. Preston

Douglas A. Preston
Douglas A. Preston
Member of the Wyoming Senate
	In office; 1929 – October 20, 1929
6th Attorney General of Wyoming
	In office; 1911–1919
Preceded by	W.E. Mullen
Succeeded by	William L. Walls
Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
	In office; 1903–1905
Personal details
Born	Douglas Arnold Preston; December 19, 1858; Olney, Illinois, U.S.
Died	October 20, 1929 (aged 70); Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Margaret S. "Anna" Preston
Children	2
Parents	Finney D. Preston (father); Phoebe Mundy (mother);
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Douglas Arnold Preston (December 19, 1858 – October 20, 1929) was an American attorney and politician who served as the attorney general of Wyoming as a member of the Democratic Party.

Early life

Douglas Arnold Preston was born in Olney, Illinois, on December 19, 1858, to Finney D. Preston and Phoebe Mundy. In 1878 he was admitted to the legal bar and served in Illinois courts until 1887 when he moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. In 1887 he created an office in Rawlins with John R. Dixon and then moved to Lander in 1888 and in 1895 he moved to Rock Springs.^[1]

Career

From 1880 to 1884, he served as prosecuting attorney of Richland County, Illinois. In 1889, he was selected as one of the Democratic delegates to the Wyoming constitutional convention to draft its constitution to be submitted for statehood.^[2] From 1903 to 1905, he served in the state House of Representatives. In 1911, Governor Joseph M. Carey appointed him as attorney general and he was later reappointed by Governor John B. Kendrick in 1915.

In 1928, he won election to the Wyoming Senate. On October 8, 1929, he was involved in a car crash which gave him four broken ribs and a severe skull fracture and on October 21, died in a Rock Springs hospital.^[3] In 1930, his widow, Anna Preston, was named as the Democratic nominee for Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction.

References

^ "Men of Wyoming". 1915.
^ "Wyoming Blue Book" (PDF).
^ "D. A. Preston, One-Time State Attorney General, Succumbs". Casper Star-Tribune. 21 October 1922. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Douglas A. Preston at Find a Grave

[1] "Men of Wyoming". 1915.

[2] "Wyoming Blue Book" (PDF).

[3] "D. A. Preston, One-Time State Attorney General, Succumbs". Casper Star-Tribune. 21 October 1922. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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