James E. Murphy
Democratic
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-03-1868 | Democratic | AD-27 | 0 | Win |
| 09-02-1873 | Democratic | AD-27 | 0 | Win |
| 09-07-1875 | Democratic | AD-27 | 0 | Win |
| 09-04-1877 | Democratic | AD-27 | 0 | Win |
Candidate Biography:
Born: 1845 in Maine
Married.
Previous: District Attorney, Del Norte County
1876-1878: Speaker pro Tem, California State Assembly
1879: Delegate, Second Constitutional Convention (Sacramento)
- His biography in 1876 says that he was the "youngest member who has served before in the Legislature"
- Murphy is the only Assemblymember to represent a county when it was being dissolved. Klamath County, represented in the Senate by John J. De Haven, was dissolved in 1874.
Source: Directory of the California Legislature. Twenty-First Session, 1875-6 by William Halley (1876)
Source: "Pen Portraits" Compiled by R.R. Parkinson, Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton as part of the California Genealogy & History Archives