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John A. Watson

Breckinridge Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-04-1861 Breckinridge Democratic AD-02 0 Win
09-03-1862 Breckinridge Democratic AD-02 0 Win
09-04-1867 Democratic AD-02 0 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

John Alexander Watson
Born: 1821 in Scotland
Married: Maria Delores Simona Dominguez (m. 1855)
Children: Manual, James, Robert Lee, Patrick, Jr. and a daughter
Died: September 16, 1869 in Los Angeles, CA

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: Anthropographic Chart of the 17th Session of the Legislature... (Sacramento; Russell & Winterburn's, 1867)