Samuel H. Dosh
Samuel H. Dosh was an American military officer and politician who served in the California State Senate and served as President pro tempore in 1857.
Biography
Samuel H. Dosh was born in Strasburg, Virginia in 1827, and worked in printing in Lexington, Virginia before traveling to California in 1849 to work as a miner in El Dorado County. In 1853, Dosh was elected a trustee of the Shasta County Mining and Water Company. He eventually worked for The Placer Times and The Sacramento Union before moving to Shasta in February 1852 and establishing The Shasta Courier. He was a General in the U.S. Army.Dosh was elected in the California State Senate's 13th district in 1855 and again 1856. He served as President pro tempore between January and April 1857.
He died on June 13, 1861, in Shasta.