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John M. Kelley

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-04-1867 Democratic AD-17 0 Win
11-03-1868 Democratic AD-17 0 Win
06-19-1878 Delegate 0 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

John Marshall Kelley
Born: April 30, 1825 in Missouri
Married.
Died: May 22, 1881 in Willows, CA

1852: Kelley was in a duel with W. S. Spear. "They fired at eachother three times without effect." [Source: sfgenealogy.com]
1879: Delegate, Second Constitutional Convention (Sacramento)

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: Anthropographic Chart of the 17th Session of the Legislature... (Sacramento; Russell & Winterburn's, 1867)