California State Officials Biographies 1911

ALFRED BOURNE NYE

Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton

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Controller.
ALFRED BOURNE NYE (Republican) was born at Stockton, California, October 25, 
1853; he received his education in the public schools of Massachusetts and in 
the academy at Falmouth, in the same State; became a newspaperman, and was 
residing in Oakland, California, at the time when Governor George C. Pardee 
selected his as his private secretary, in which capacity he acted from January, 
1903, until November 23, 1906, when he was appointed by Governor Pardee as State 
Controller to take the place of E. P. Colgan, deceased; on January 7, 1907, 
Governor Pardee again appointed his to the same office, vice self and E. P. 
Colgan, deceased. In 1910 he was nominated for Controller by both the Republican 
and Democratic parties, and in the general election following was elected for 
the term 1911-1915.

Source: California Blue Book, or State Roster, 1911
Compiled by Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State
Friend W. Richardson, Superintendent of State Printing, Sacramento, CA, 1913