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Henry C. Wilson

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-02-1886 Know Nothing RC-01 520 Loss
11-04-1890 Democratic SD-08 0 Win
11-08-1892 Democratic SD-04 0 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Henry Clay Wilson
Born: August 9, 1827 in Floyd County, Kentucky
Married: Hannah Freeman (in 1855)
Children: Five
Military Service: Texas Rangers (Mexican-American War), ARMY (Mexican-American War)
Died: October 20, 1910 in Santa Monica, CA

1879: Delegate, Second Constitutional Convention (Sacramento)
1883-1887: Member, California State Board of Horticulture
1884: Delegate, Republican National Convention

Source: "Some Public Men". The Sunday Union (Sacramento), 2/8/1891. Page 7.