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Samuel H. Dosh

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-05-1855 Democratic SD-13 0 Win
11-04-1856 Democratic SD-13 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/24791314/samuel_h-dosh
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: March 19, 1827 in Virginia
Married: Eleanor F. “Ella” Crawford (m. 1856)
Children: Anna and Nellie
Died: June 13, 1861 in Shasta, CA

1857: President pro Tempore, California State Senate

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: Anderson Historical Newsletter December 2018
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