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James H. Lawrence

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-04-1867 Democratic SD-05 0 Win
11-03-1868 Democratic SD-05 0 Win
Website: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3533129/james-henry-lawrence
 

Candidate Biography:

November 13, 1827 in Pepperell, Massachusetts
Married: Viola Tingley (married 1870, div. 1898, remarried 1901) [daughter of George B. Tingley]
Child: Constance Violet Lawrence (daughter)
Military Service: ARMY (Mexican-American War)
Died: July 29, 1901 in San Francisco, CA

Previous: Owner and Editor, Mariposa Gazette

Source: Mary Tingley Lawrence's turbulent marriage by Hrvoje Galic of Stanford
Source: Anthropographic Chart of the 17th Session of the Legislature... (Sacramento; Russell & Winterburn's, 1867)