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Alonzo Adams

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
10-07-1850 Democratic SD-15 0 Win
Website: antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=278
 

Candidate Biography:

Alonzo W. Adams
Born: March 7, 1820 in Caroline, New York
Married: ????, Catherine Ann van Buren Post
Military Service: ARMY (Mexican-American War, Civil War)
Died: January 20, 1887

1851: Resigned from the State Senate prior to December 31.

  • Adams was the first State Senator to represent Butte County after it's incorporation.

Source: Journal of the California State Senate (1852); page 5