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Daniel M. Burns

Republican

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CA Blue Book (2000)

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
09-03-1879	Republican	Secretary of State	67666	Win

Candidate Biography:

Daniel Monroe Burns
Born: June 26, 1845 in Paris, Tennessee
Military Service: ARMY (Civil War)

1872-1876: Deputy County Clerk, Yolo County
1877-1880: Deputy County Clerk, Yolo County
1890s: Police Commissioner, City of San Francisco
1899: Candidate for U.S. Senate (Lost)