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John Currey

Anti-Lecompton Democratic

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
09-07-1859	Anti-Lecompton Democratic	Governor	31298	Loss

Candidate Biography:

Born: 1814 or 1815 in Peeskill, New York

1864-1866: Justice, California Supreme Court
1866-1868: Chief Justice, California Supreme Court

Source: Anthropographic Chart of the 17th Session of the Legislature... (Sacramento; Russell & Winterburn's, 1867)