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Robert C. Clark

Know Nothing

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-04-1856 Know Nothing AD-09 0 Win
09-07-1859 Anti-Lecompton Democratic SD-09 0 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: Kentucky
Family: Son of Kentucky Governor James Clark
Died: January 27, 1883 in Sacramento, CA

1860: Candidate for Senate President Pro Tem (Lost; 1 to 27)
1861: Candidate for Senate President Pro Tem (Lost; 2 to 22)
1861-1879: Justice, Sacramento County Municipal Court
1880-1883: Justice, Sacramento County Superior Court

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