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E. H. Tharp

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
10-07-1850 Democratic Clerk of the Supreme Court 13873 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Eugene Hawkins Tharp
Born: May 25, 1827 in Indiana
Married: Harriet E. Scott
Child: Mary Eugenia
Died: October 21, 1907 in Oakland, CA

1849: Chief Clerk, California State Assembly*

  • Tharp was California's first Assembly Chief Clerk.