Sheridan Downey (1884 - 1961)

Born 11 Mar 1884 in Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Helen (Symons) Downey — married 14 Nov 1910 in Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States

Died 25 Oct 1961 at age 77 in San Francisco, California, United States

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Preceded by Thomas M. Storke

Sheridan Downey US Senator (Class 3) from California 1939—1950

Succeeded by Richard Nixon

Biography

Sheridan Downey is Notable.

Sheridan Downey was born on March 11, 1884 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA. His parents were Stephen Downey and Evangeline Owen. He was one of 10 children. His father, Stephen Wheeler Downey, served as a colonel in the Civil War and was one of the first delegates from the Territory of Wyoming to be sent to Congress.

He married Helen Symons on November 14, 1910 . Together they had 5 children: Margaret (Downey) Dinsmore, Sheridan Downey, # Helen (Downey) Wilcox, Richard Downey and Patricia June (Downey) Brogdan.

Sen. Downey studied at the University of Wyoming and received a law degree in 1907 from the University of Michigan Law School. A year after starting a law practice in Laramie, he was elected district attorney of Albany County on a reform ticket. He later moved to Sacramento, California, where he set up a law practice with a brother, S.W. Downey. His political career is well documented and available in the public domain.

He died on October 25, 1961 in San Francisco, California, USA.

His body donated to medical science.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 6779415

• Sheridan Downey on Wikipedia
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image).
  Find A Grave: Memorial #6779415 (accessed 24 May 2022)
  Memorial page for Sheridan Downey Famous memorial (11 Mar 1884-25 Oct 1961); Maintained by Find a Grave Donated to Medical Science.
• New York Times. "Sheridan Downey Dead at 77, Served in the Senate 1939-50; California Democrat Backed Townsend Plan -- Headed Civil Service Committee. Original published October 27, 1961, page 33. Subscription required to view.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC63-CXY : accessed 3 July 2020), Sheridan Downey, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 89, sheet 8B, line 75, family 232, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 187; FHL microfilm 2,339,922.