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B. K. Davis

Breckinridge Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-04-1861 Breckinridge Democratic AD-12 0 Win
Website: sites.rootsweb.com/~mlwilson/nti02748.html
 

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  • Davis lost his Assembly seat on February 13, 1862 after the Assembly Committee on Elections heard a case of a contested election and determined that due to fraudulent votes, Nelson M. Orr was the actual winner of the seat. (1862 Assembly Journal, p. 218)