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William Higby

Union

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-03-1862 Union SD-13 0 Win
09-02-1863 Independent CD-AL 64881 Win
11-08-1864 Union CD-02 23092 Win
09-04-1867 Union CD-02 16053 Win
Website: bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000576
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: August 18, 1813 in Willsboro, New York
Married: Ellen M. Ringer
Died: November 27, 1887 in Santa Rosa, CA

1853-1859: District Attorney, Calaveras County
1859-1861: District Judge, Calaveras County
1868: Primary Candidate for Congress (Lost)
1877-1881: Collector of Internal Revenue

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]