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B. C. Whiting

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
10-08-1853 Democratic SD-04 0 Win
09-05-1855 Democratic Attorney General 46685 Loss
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/156789758/billington-crum-whiting
 

Candidate Biography:

Billington Crum Whiting
Born: December 19, 1812 in Bennington, Vermont
Married: Susan Helen Colegrove (m. 1846)
Children: Katharine L., Lalla, and Jennie
Died: June 7, 1881 in Los Angeles, CA

1861-186?: United States Attorney, Southern District of California
1868-1873: United States Superintendent of Indian Affairs

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