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Joseph Hamilton

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-04-1867 Democratic Attorney General 48268 Win
09-06-1871 Democratic Attorney General 58161 Loss
09-07-1875 Democratic Attorney General 60915 Win
09-03-1879 Democratic Attorney General 28904 Loss
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: April 16, 1830 in Barron County, Kentucky
Married.

1860-1864: District Attorney, Placer County
1874-1882: Trustee, California State Library

Source: Directory of the California Legislature. Twenty-First Session, 1875-6 by William Halley (1876)