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Nelson T. Edwards

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-06-1928 Republican SD-39 47139 Win
11-08-1932 Republican SD-35 24440 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/23138650/nelson-thomas-edwards
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: September 19, 1872 in Galena, Illinois
Married: May L. Tetzlaff
Child: Roy Nelson
Died: December 19, 1951 in Orange Co., CA

Previous: Member, City of Orange Board of Trustees
1919-1923: Member, Orange County Board of Supervisors
Previous: County Clerk, Orange County

  • FATHER OF THE CODE: Edwards authored SB 147 (1935), which established the California Streets and Highways Code.

Source: California Blue Book (1932)