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Charles S. Howell

Democratic

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
09-02-1857	Democratic	AD-09	0	Win

Website:	www.findagrave.com/memorial/11079968/charles-s_-howell

Candidate Biography:

Born: September 27, 1827 in New Jersey
Died: August 25, 1861 on the Sacramento River near Knight's Landing, CA

Howell was killed in the explosion of the steamboat "J. A. McClelland"

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)