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Samuel Purdy

Democratic

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
09-03-1851	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor	23373	Win
10-08-1853	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor	44498	Win
09-05-1855	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor	47669	Loss

Website:	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Purdy

Candidate Biography:

Died: February 17, 1882 in San Francisco, CA

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