George Washington Wyllie
Republican
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-03-1908 | Republican | AD-27 | 3168 | Win |
| 11-08-1910 | Republican | AD-27 | 3909 | Win |
| 11-05-1912 | Republican | AD-55 | 3973 | Win |
Candidate Biography:
Born: February 12, 1856 in Keokuk, Iowa
Married: Emma Ella (d. 1933)
Children: Seven
Died: April 3, 1942 in Orosi or Dinuba, CA
Previous: Member, Dinuba Board of Education
- OUCH: In March 29, 1915, former Assemblyman Wyllie was badly injured in a dynamite explosion. While using dynamite to blast holes for planting trees on his ranch near Dinuba, some dynamite exploded while he was standing over it, breaking an ankle, taking off his nose, removing his eyelids and damaging both his eyes.
- Allensworth: The town of Allensworth (in Tulare County) was the first in California to be founded, financed, and governed by African-Americans. During it's peak years (from it's founding in 1908 until 1915), it was represented in the State Assembly by George Washington Wyllie (1908-1914) and Fred Carroll Scott (1915-1916) and in the State Senate by Edward O. Miller (1907-1910), Elwood O. Larkins (1911-1914), and J. L. C. Irwin (1915-1922).
Source: California Blue Book (1909), (1911)