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Henry A. Lyons

Nonpartisan

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-13-1849 Nonpartisan SD-San Joaquin 1541 Loss
 

Candidate Biography:

Henry Augustus Lyons
Born: October 5, 1809 in Philadelphia, PA
Children: Henry A. and "daughters"
Died: July 27, 1872 in San Francisco, CA

1849-1852: Justice, California Supreme Court
1852: Chief Justice, California Supreme Court

  • Interred at the Laurel Hill Mound in Cypress Lawn Cemetery (Colma)

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