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Rush McComas

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-04-1877 Republican AD-07 0 Win
09-03-1879 Republican AD-07 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/67787371/rush-mccomas
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: January 13, 1830 in Cabell Co., Virginia [now West Virginia]
Married: Ann Eliza Swope (m. 1853)
Children: William B., Cora, Ella M., Harriet, Anna E., Kate, Allen, and Henry W.
Family: Brother of J. E. McComas
Died: May 6, 1903 near Agnews [now San Jose], CA

1853: County Assessor, Platte County [Missouri]
1879: Delegate, Second Constitutional Convention (Sacramento)
1884-1888: County Treasurer, Santa Clara County

 

  • Be Fruitful and Multiply: McComas had 8 children.

 

Source: "Pen Portraits" Compiled by R.R. Parkinson, Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton as part of the California Genealogy & History Archives