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Seneca Ewer

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
10-08-1853 Democratic AD-17 0 Win
09-05-1865 Union SD-24 0 Win
09-04-1867 Union SD-24 0 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: November 2, 1821 in Auburn, New York
Married: Ella Melissa Sheffield Filkins
Children: Fred S., Ralph, and Mildred Blanton
Died: April 2, 1904 in Saint Helena, CA

Source: Anthropographic Chart of the 17th Session of the Legislature... (Sacramento; Russell & Winterburn's, 1867)
Source: "Seneca Ewer" page at Findagrave.com [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47812631] (Accessed 7/4/2012)
Source: "Napa's newspaper obituary pages often tell a historical tale" by Rebecca Yerger, Napa Valley Register (6/17/2001)