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Charles B. Garrigus

Democratic

Picture of Charles B. Garrigus
CA Blue Book
Date Party Office Votes Result
11-06-1956 Democratic AD-33 27061 Loss
11-04-1958 Democratic AD-33 28587 Win
11-08-1960 Democratic AD-33 34460 Win
11-06-1962 Democratic AD-33 37029 Win
11-03-1964 Democratic AD-33 43696 Win
11-07-1972 Democratic AD-33 28675 Loss
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/7012218/charles-b_-garrigus
 

Candidate Biography:

Charles Byford Garrigus
Born: June 13, 1914 in Benton, Illinois
Married: Ferne Marie Fetters (m. 1936, d. 1982)
Children: Marmarie, Charles Jr., Richmond, Karis, and Rose Ann
Died: October 4, 2000 in Kingsburg, CA

1956: Candidate for Presidential Elector
1960: Candidate for Presidential Elector
1966-2000: California Poet Laureate
1974: Primary Candidate for AD-31 (Lost)

Source: California Blue Book (1961)
Source: A Disorderly House: The Brown-Unruh Years in Sacramento by James R. Mills (Heyday Books; 1987)