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Claude F. Purkitt

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-03-1914 Democratic SD-04 9942 Win
11-05-1918 Democratic SD-04 9153 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/37272633/claude-fouts-purkitt
 

Candidate Biography:

Claude Fouts Purkitt
Born: September 7, 1875 in Fouts Springs, CA
Died: January 11, 1930 in Willows, CA

1902-1906: Deputy Sheriff, Glenn County
1906-1914: District Attorney, Glenn County
1916: Delegate, Democratic National Convention from California
1921-1928: Justice, Glenn County Superior Court
1922-1928: Chair, California Democratic Party

Source: California Blue Book (1913-15)