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J. Smith

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-02-1863 Democratic AD-19 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/29574775/jacob-smith
 

Candidate Biography:

Jacob Smith
Born: January 16, 1795 in Jefferson Co., KY
Married: Eliza Elliot (m. 1821, d. 1845), Margaret A. Reaugh (m. 1846)
Children: William R., Caroline E., Thomas Jefferson, Eliza E., James Monroe, Olivia J., Sarah E.
Died: October 24, 1873 in Sonoma Co., CA

1844-1848: State Senator, Illinois State Legislature [Adams County]

  • Be Fruitful and Multiply: Seven children.

 

Source: Our Legislative Correspondence. Daily Alta California, Volume 15, Number 5038, 14 December 1863
Source: Hon. Jacob Smith Sonoma Democrat, Volume XVII, Number 4, 1 November 1873