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Thomas Robertson

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-07-1859 Republican AD-18 2940 Win
Website: weeklypioneer.blogspot.com/2010/05/thomas-robertson.html
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: December 27, 1809 in York District, South Carolina
Died: October 2, 1859 in Coloma, CA

1850s: Justice, El Dorado County Court
1859: Co-Founder, El Dorado Agricultural Society (now the El Dorado County Fair)

  • Robertson was the first judge in El Dorado County. 
  • Robertson died on October 2nd, after the 1859 General Election (in which he had been elected to the Assembly) but before the session started.