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David E. Buel

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-02-1857 Democratic AD-18 0 Win
Website: www.otherhand.org/home-page/archaeology/dave-buels-east-fork-flume-san-gabriel-canyon/the-history-of-david-buels
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: October 1, 1825 in New York
Married: Nina L. Terrill (m. 1854)
Military Service: ARMY (Mexican War)
Died: March 1888 in Saint Louis, Missouri

1854: Sheriff, El Dorado County
1858: U.S. Indian Agent in California
1864: Candidate for Mayor of Austin [NV] 

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Siource: The History of David Buel’s East Fork Flume, San Gabriel Canyon (otherhand.org)
Source: BFH-Robinson-1977.pdf (otherhand.org)