JoinCalifornia: Election History for the State of California

Information Home Elected Offices Elections by Decade Longest Service Shortest Service Most & Fewest Votes Uncontested Races Closest Contests Redistricting Recalls
Elections 2026 PREVIEW 2024 General 2024 CD-20 Special 2023 US Senate Appt 2022 General Prior 2020s Elections Elections by Decade
Other Stuff Advanced Search CA Constitution CA in Congress Line of Succession Highest Ranking SCOTUS Cases

[search tips] [advanced search]

Searching tips

  • Enter a candidate's name to find a candidate
  • Enter the name of a political party to find the party and all candidates
  • Enter a date to find an election
  • Enter a year to find all elections within that year

P. D. Wigginton

Know Nothing

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-07-1875 Democratic CD-04 15649 Win
09-05-1876 Democratic CD-04 19103 Loss
02-07-1878 Democratic CD-04 0 Win
11-02-1886 Know Nothing Governor 7347 Loss
Website: bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000449
 

Candidate Biography:

Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton
Born: September 6, 1839 in Springfield, Illinois
Died: July 7, 1890 in Oakland, CA

1864-1868: District Attorney, Merced County
1878: Successfully Contested the election of Romualdo Pacheco to Congress
1879-1882: District Attorney, Merced County
1888: [American Party] Candidate for Vice Presidential

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/