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Charles F. Lott

Democratic

Picture of Charles F. Lott
CSU Chico
Date Party Office Votes Result
09-03-1851 Democratic SD-17 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/67332440/charles-fayette-lott
 

Candidate Biography:

Charles Fayette Lott
Born: July 1, 1824 in Pemberton, New Jersey
Married: Susan F. Hyer (m. 1856)
Children: Charles F. and Cornelia
Family: Brother of Bushrod W. Lott (Member of the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives; 1853-1856
Died: September 4, 1918 in Oroville, CA

18??: President, Oroville Citrus Association
Previous: District Attorney, Butte County
Previous: Clerk of the Court, Butte County
1867: Elected judge (but not permitted to take office)
1870-1876: District Justice, Butte County

  • Lott came to California in the very first party to travel the Lassen Trail.
  • PLACENAME: The C. F. Lott Home in Oroville (1067 Montgomery Street) is a city museum open to the public.
  • Originally from Quincy, Illinois, an obituary listed him as an "associate of Abraham Lincoln in Illinois"

Source: CHARLES FAYETTE LOTT, Butte County Biographies submitted by Betty Wilson