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William H. Sears

Republican

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
09-04-1861	Republican	AD-21	0	Win
09-03-1862	Union	AD-21	0	Win
09-02-1863	Union	AD-21	0	Win
09-03-1879	Republican	SD-15	0	Win

Candidate Biography:

Died: February 27, 1891 in San Francisco, CA

1863-1864: Speaker, California State Assembly
1880: Candidate for Senate President Pro Tem (Lost; 1 to 22)

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)