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John Currey

Anti-Lecompton Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-07-1859 Anti-Lecompton Democratic Governor 31298 Loss
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: 1814 or 1815 in Peeskill, New York

1859: Pall Bearer, Funeral of US Senator David C. Broderick
1864-1866: Justice, California Supreme Court
1866-1868: Chief Justice, California Supreme Court

Source: Anthropographic Chart of the 17th Session of the Legislature... (Sacramento; Russell & Winterburn's, 1867)