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Jonathan M. Dudley

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-04-1861 Republican AD-17 0 Win
09-03-1862 Union AD-17 0 Win
11-07-1882 Republican SD-19 0 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Jonathan Merritt Dudley
Born: September 7, 1830 in Hannibal, New York
Married: Elizabeth Francine Dickson (m. 1857)
Children: Lucy J., Earl D., Frederick M. George D., and Elizabeth
Died; October 24, 1893 in Dixon, CA

1879: Delegate, Second Constitutional Convention (Sacramento)

  • In the legislature of 1862, when there were two Dudleys in the State Assembly, this was "Dudley of Placer" while Charles Dudley was "Dudley of Sierra."

 

Source: "The Legislature." Sacramento Daily Record-Union, 1 January 1883, Page 12.
Source: Jonathan Merritt Dudley (1830–1893) • FamilySearch