E. O. Larkins
Republican
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-08-1910 | Republican | SD-32 | 7201 | Win |
| Website: | www.findagrave.com/memorial/80954926/elwood-oliver-larkins |
Candidate Biography:
Elwood Oliver Larkins
Born: December 16, 1854 in East Liverpool, Ohio
Married: Sallia C. Callaway (m. 1880)
Children: Adaline T., Carol L., Cassandre C., and Zoe P.
Died: June 1924 in Tulare Co., CA
Previous: President, Visalia Board of Education
Previous: Member, Visalia City Council
1911: Proponent, Proposition 1 (Regarding measurement and graduation of Weights and Measures)
- Allensworth: The town of Allensworth (in Tulare County) was the first in California to be founded, financed, and governed by African-Americans. During it's peak years (from the founding in 1908 until 1915), it was represented in the State Assembly by George Washington Wyllie (1908-1914) and Fred Carroll Scott (1915-1916) and in the State Senate by Edward O. Miller (1907-1910), Elwood O. Larkins (1911-1914), and J. L. C. Irwin (1915-1922).
Source: California Blue Book (1911)