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A. B. Beauvias

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-04-1884 Republican SD-17 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/7076101/andrew-bertrand-beauvais
 

Candidate Biography:

Andrew B. Beauvais
Born: July 20, 1827 in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Married: Lavinia "Vinnie" Andrews
Children:Arthur C., Andrew B., Andrienne L., and Kathryn R.
Died (in office): June 30, 1886 in Columbia, CA

 

  • While serving in the Legislature, the spelling of his last name was recorded as "Beauvias." Almost everywhere else it's recorded as Beauvais.

 

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: A History of Tuolumne County California published by B. F. Alley (1882; Reprinted in 1973)