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D. B. Hoffman

Union Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-04-1861 Union Democratic AD-01 0 Win
Website: www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/hoffman/hoffman.htm
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: 1824 in Bainbridge, New York
Married: Maria Dolores
Children: Nine (including Chauncey and Virginia Hoffman)
Died: November 20, 1891 in San Diego, CA

1850s: Coroner, San Diego County
1857: San Diego Town Trustee
1859-1861: District Attorney, San Diego County
1868: U.S. Presidential Elector
1869-1872: Collector, Port of San Diego

  • Be Fruitful and Multiply: Hoffman had nine children.

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