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Eli Sherman Denison

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-04-1890 Republican SD-16 0 Win
11-08-1892 Republican SD-26 0 Win
11-06-1894 Republican SD-26 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/148924022/eli-sherwin-denison
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: August 7, 1827 in Onondagua, New York
Married: Celia Fern Sloper (m. 1868)
Children: Harvey Sloper, Lurana, and Mollie
Died: July 7, 1898 in West Oakland, CA


1884: Delegate, Republican National Convention
1888: Delegate, Republican National Convention

  • HISTORY: Was "present May 12, 1869 at the driving of the golden spike at Promontory."

Source: "Some Public Men". The Sunday Union (Sacramento), 2/8/1891. Page 7.
Source: California Blue Book (1893)