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Thomas B. McFarland

Know Nothing

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-05-1855 Know Nothing AD-16 0 Win
09-02-1857 Know Nothing Attorney General 19701 Loss
 

Candidate Biography:

Thomas Bard McFarland
Born: Mercersberg, Pennsylvania
Died: 1908

1879: Delegate, Second Constitutional Convention (Sacramento)
1882-1886: Justice, Sacramento County Superior Court
1887-1908: Justice, California Supreme Court

Source: California Blue Book (1903)
Source: California Blue Book (1907)
Source: California Blue Book (1909)