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A. D. Splivalo

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-04-1867 Republican AD-08 0 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: 1841 in Chile

  • On February 8, 1878, following a meeting with a client about a lawsuit, the opposing party in the lawsuit (named A. Tassaro) shot at Splivalo and his client, Nicholas Larco. Somehow missing both, Tassaro then committed suicide. [Source]

Source: Legislative Guide... of all the State Officers and Members of the Legislature... by Kean & Dudley (H.S. Crocker and Co.; 1871)
Source: "Chronological History of Principal Eventsfrom January 1 to December 31, 1878" in Langley's 1879 San Francisco City Directory [http://www.sfgenealogy.org]