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Thomas B. Shannon

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-01-1858 Anti-Lecompton Democratic AD-14 0 Win
09-07-1859 Anti-Lecompton Democratic AD-14 0 Win
09-04-1861 Union Democratic AD-24 0 Win
09-03-1862 Union SD-24 0 Win
09-02-1863 Independent CD-AL 64914 Win
09-06-1871 Republican AD-08 0 Win
11-06-1894 Republican CD-04 9785 Loss
Website: bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000290
 

Candidate Biography:

Thomas Bowles Shannon
Born: September 21, 1827 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Died: February 21, 1897 in San Francisco, CA

1865-1869: Surveyor, Port of San Francisco
1871-1872: Speaker, California State Assembly
1872-1880: Collector of Customs, Port of San Francisco

Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]
Source: Legislative Guide... of all the State Officers and Members of the Legislature... by Kean & Dudley (H.S. Crocker and Co.; 1871)