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John A. Odell

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-03-1868 Democratic AD-16 0 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

John Adams Odell
Born: April 12, 1833 in Ray County, Missouri
Died: May 29, 1881 in Folsom, CA

  • LEGAL TROUBLES: On April 5, 1870, Odell shot at Leon D. Freer and wounded him in the finger.

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