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S. H. Marlette

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
10-08-1853 Democratic Surveyor General 42100 Win
09-05-1855 Democratic Surveyor General 46977 Loss
 

Candidate Biography:

Seneca H. Marlette
Born: January 18, 1824 in Syracuse, New York
Died: August 24, 1911 in Glendale, CA

1852-1853: County Surveyor, Calaveras County
1860: County Surveyor, Carson County [Nevada]
1864-1869: Surveyor General of Nevada

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: Selected Officers of the Nevada Legislature by the Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau (2010)
Source: History of Nevada 1881, With Illustrations And Biographical Sketches Of Its Prominent Men And Pioneers