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Charles A. Sumner

Independent

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-03-1879 Democratic CD-01 2940 Loss
11-04-1884 Democratic CD-02 18208 Loss
11-02-1886 Independent CD-04 2104 Loss
Website: bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001069
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: August 2, 1835 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Military Service: ARMY (Civil War)
Died: January 31, 1903 in San Francisco, CA

1864-1868: Senator, Nevada State Legislature
1867: Senate President Pro Tem, Nevada State Legislature

Source: Selected Officers of the Nevada Legislature by the Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau (2010)
Source: Political History of Nevada (Eleventh Edition) by Dean Heller, Nevada Secretary of State
Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]