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Dr. Chester Rowell

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-03-1879 Republican SD-04 0 Win
11-08-1898 Republican SD-16 3814 Win
11-04-1902 Republican SD-26 4195 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: October 7, 1844 in Woodsville, New Hampshire
Family: Brother of W. F. Rowell
Military Service: ARMY (Civil War)
Died: May 9, 1912 in Los Angeles, CA

1880: Member, State Board of Health
1884: U.S. Presidential Elector
1889-1891: Clerk, Committee on Elections, U.S. Congress
1891-1895: Member, University of California Board of Regents
1911: Member, Panama-Pacific International Exposition Commission

Source: California Blue Book (1903), (1911)