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Samuel Flower

Whig

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-02-1852 Whig AD-06 0 Win
04-18-1853 Whig AD-06 0 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Military Service: Confederate Army (Civil War)

1850 [March]: Candidate for San Francisco County Clerk (Lost; 20%)
1850 [October]: Candidate for State Assembly (Lost)
1851: Candidate for Assembly Clerk (Lost; 8 votes to 20)
1853: Resigned from the State Assembly on April 1.

  • ELECTED TO FILL THEIR OWN VACANCIES: On April 1, 1853, John Sime, Elcan Heydenfeldt, James M. Taylor, Frederick A. Snyder, and Samuel Flower all resigned from the Assembly. All but Snyder then ran for their vacated seats in the subsequent Special Election, all were reelected, and sworn back into office on April 18th.