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James Anderson

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-02-1857 Democratic SD-17 0 Win
09-07-1859 Democratic SD-17 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/42869025/james-anderson
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: August 1822 in Erie Co., Pennsylvania
Military Service: US Volunteers (Mexican War), ARMY (Mexican War)
Died: October 12, 1866 in Auburn, CA

1850-1851: District Attorney, San Joaquin County

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)