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William M. Eddy

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
12-22-1849 Nonpartisan Surveyor General 15 Loss
09-03-1851 Democratic Surveyor General 22678 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: 1819
Died: March 10, 1854 in San Francisco, CA

  • PLACENAME: Eddy Street in San Francisco is named for this individual. [Source: The Beginnings of San Francisco by Zoeth Skinner Eldredge (1912). Online at sfgenealogy.com]

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: San Francisco Cemetery Records, 1848-1863 by Tamalpais Chapter, DAR (1938)