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Luther H. Cary

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-07-1882 Republican AD-14 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/129909021/luther-harvey-cary
 

Candidate Biography:

Luther Harvey Cary
Born: June 28, 1823 in Boston, New York
Married: Arvilla Ferguson (m. 1846)
Children: Eugene and Louis H.
Military Service: ARMY (Civil War)
Died: September 16, 1888 in Oakland, CA

1855: Assemblyman, Wisconsin State Legislature
1861-1862: Senator, Winconsin State Legislature
1864: Delegate (from Wiisconsin), Republican National Convention
1867: Assemblyman, Wisconsin State Legislature
1870-1873: Collector, Internal Revenue Service

Source: "The Legislature." Sacramento Daily Record-Union, 1 January 1883, Page 12.
Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)