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W. W. Crane

Union

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-02-1863 Union SD-09 0 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

William Watrous Crane, Jr.
Born: September 14, 1830 in New York, New York
Married: Hannah Austin (in 1856)
Family: Brother of A. M. Crane and E. T. Crane
Died: July 31, 1883 in Oakland, CA

1864: U.S. Presidential Elector
1866-1867: Mayor, City of Oakland
1882-1883: Trustee, California State Library

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: Legislative Sourcebook: The California Legislature and Reapportionment, 1849-1965 (1965)