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 2024 State PREVIEW 2024 Fed PREVIEW 2024 General 2023 US Senate Appt 2022 General Prior 2020s Elections Elections by Decade
Other Stuff Advanced Search CA Constitution 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

Charles H. Hempstead

Democratic

Picture of Charles H. Hempstead
CA Blue Book 2000
Date Party Office Votes Result
11-05-1855 Democratic Secretary of State 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35470831
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: July 27, 1832 in Pennsylvania
Married: Mary Virginia Whitehill
Children: Lulu K., Charles W., Florence V., Bertha A., David Bill, Emma J., and Harry H.
Died: September 28, 1879 in Salt Lake, Utah Territory

1855-1857: [Ex-Officio] California State Librarian

  • Be Fruitful and Multiply: Hemphill had seven children.

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)