Elwood Bruner

Candidate Biography:

Born: September 27, 1854, in Zanesville, Ohio
Married: Lillian J. Flint (in 1880)
Children: Three daughters
Died: January 15, 1915 in Byron Hot Springs, CA

1884-1886: Member, Sacramento County Board of Education
1886-1890: District Attorney, Sacramento County
1912-1915: Member, Alaska Territorial Senate

• CENSURE: On March 24, 1891, the State Assembly voted (40-21) to adopt a resolution finding Bruner guilty of "culpable negligence" and found that "he is deserving of the censure of this Assembly in not having secured himself and the body of which he is a member against the scandal which has been spread broadcast over the State."

Source: "Some Public Men". The Sunday Union (Sacramento), 2/8/1891. Page 7.