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Thomas H. Laine

Independent

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-02-1873 Independent SD-07 0 Win
09-07-1875 Independent SD-07 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/6940135/thomas-henry-laine
 

Candidate Biography:

Thomas Henry Laine
Born: July 30, 1830 in Missouri
Married: Lucy Chapman
Children: Cora L., Willis A., Fannie L., Lulu M., Edna C., Charles C., and Roi Henry
Died: March 15, 1890 in Santa Clara, CA

1879: Delegate, Second Constitutional Convention (Sacramento)

  • Be Fruitful and Multiply: Laine had seven children.

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: Directory of the California Legislature. Twenty-First Session, 1875-6 by William Halley (1876)