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Richard M. Clarken

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-07-1875 Democratic AD-12 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/101061470/richard-mathew-clarken
 

Candidate Biography:

Richard Mathew/Matthew Clarken
Born: August 18, 1839 in Charleston, South Carolina
Died: November 18, 1915 in Sacramento, CA

1867-1868: Engrossing Clerk, California State Assembly
1869-1870: Deputy Engrossing Clerk, California State Assembly
1879: Candidate for Delegate to the Second Constitutional Convention (Lost)
1904-1913: Justice of the Peace, Sacramento Township

Source: Directory of the California Legislature. Twenty-First Session, 1875-6 by William Halley (1876)