JoinCalifornia: Election History for the State of California

Information Home Elected Offices Elections by Decade Longest Service Shortest Service Most & Fewest Votes Uncontested Races Closest Contests Redistricting Recalls
Elections 2026 PREVIEW 2024 General 2024 CD-20 Special 2023 US Senate Appt 2022 General Prior 2020s Elections Elections by Decade
Other Stuff Advanced Search CA Constitution CA in Congress Line of Succession Highest Ranking SCOTUS Cases

[search tips] [advanced search]

Searching tips

  • Enter a candidate's name to find a candidate
  • Enter the name of a political party to find the party and all candidates
  • Enter a date to find an election
  • Enter a year to find all elections within that year

Eli Teegarden

Union

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-04-1861 Union Democratic AD-23 0 Win
09-05-1865 Union SD-23 0 Win
09-04-1867 Union SD-23 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/79450456/eli-teegarden
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: December 9, 1809 in Ohio
Married: Deborah Ann Carr
Children: William, Aaron, Susan L., and Frances J.
Died: June 14, 1884 in Marysville, CA

  • Teegarden was the oldest State Senator in 1866, at 56 years old. [Source: Daily Alta California, Volume 18, Number 5820, 15 February 1866]

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: "Yuba County, California History" transcribed by Kathy Sedler and available at calarchives4u.com
Source: Anthropographic Chart of the 17th Session of the Legislature... (Sacramento; Russell & Winterburn's, 1867)