Lupton went from Dickinson to San Francisco. He was prominent in city government by 1857, practiced before the State supreme court, and sat in the legislature after the Civil War. A Democrat, he helped voice that party's defense in California of President Andrew Johnson. In retirement, he wrote histories of northern California's pioneering years.
Life span:
03/17/1835 to 01/16/1907
Dickinson Connection:
Class of 1853