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Wiley J. Tinnin

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-06-1871 Democratic AD-26 0 Win
09-02-1873 Democratic AD-26 0 Win
03-01-1875 Democratic SD-28 0 Win
06-19-1878 Delegate 0 Win
09-03-1879 Democratic Secretary of State 32128 Loss
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/40081973
 

Candidate Biography:

Wiley James Tinnin
Born: October 7, 1829 in Jackson, Mississippi
Married: Annie Irene Lowden
Died: November 24, 1910 in Fresno, CA

1879: Delegate, Second Constitutional Convention (Sacramento)

  • Tinnin was the first State Senator to represent Modoc County after it's incorporation.

Source: Directory of the California Legislature. Twenty-First Session, 1875-6 by William Halley (1876)
Source: Legislative Guide... of all the State Officers and Members of the Legislature... by Kean & Dudley (H.S. Crocker and Co.; 1871)