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P. D. Wigginton

Know Nothing

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

Candidate Biography:

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

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

 

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