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Wilson Flint

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-06-1854 Democratic SD-05 0 Win
09-05-1855 Know Nothing SD-05 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/43072086/wilson-g-flint
 

Candidate Biography:

Wilson G. Flint
Born: 1820 or 1821 in Ohio
Married: Betsey M.
Children: Henry, Henrietta and Lucy
Died: January 4, 1867 in San Francisco, CA

1859: Pall Bearer, Funeral of US Senator David C. Broderick

  • In 1855, Henry S. Foote had the support of a majority of the legislature (members of the Know Nothing Party) to be elected U.S. Senator from California, until Flint defected from that party. The seat remained vacant for two years until 1857.

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of Central America. 1886-1887