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Sheridan N. Hegland

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-04-1952 Democratic AD-77 28029 Loss
11-02-1954 Democratic AD-77 28619 Win
11-06-1956 Democratic AD-77 42695 Win
11-04-1958 Democratic AD-77 46980 Win
11-08-1960 Democratic AD-77 66905 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Sheridan Norris Hegland
Born: November 2, 1910 in Clay, South Dakota
Married: Edwina Kenney (m. 1932)
Children: Kenney Hegland and Sherina Cadmun
Died: February 12, 1989 in Chula Vista, CA

1962: Primary Candidate for CD-37 (Lost)

  • LEGISLATION: Author of the bill which authorized the expansion of Scripps Institution into a full-fledged branch of the University of California in San Diego.

Source: California Blue Book (1958), (1961)