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Franklin T. Baldwin

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-07-1882 Democratic SD-16 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/139284927/franklin-thomas-baldwin
 

Candidate Biography:

Franklin Thomas Baldwin
Born: July 24, 1838 in Rockville, Indiana
Died: December 4, 1897 in Stockton, CA

1876: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
1876-1880: Director, Stockton State Hospital
1885: Candidate for Senate President Pro Tem (Lost; 13 to 18)
1886-1888: Judge, San Joaquin County Superior Court
1894-1897: Trustee, California State Library
1895-1897: Commissioner, California Code Commission

Source: "The Legislature." Sacramento Daily Record-Union, 1 January 1883, Page 12.
Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)