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August 1, 1849

Special Election

This special election was called by Brigadier General Bennett C. Riley, Military Governor of California, to elect delegates to the Constitutional Convention.

Delegate
Joseph Aram Nonpartisan Win
William Blackburn Nonpartisan Win
Lilburn W. Boggs Nonpartisan Win
Charles T. Botts Nonpartisan Win
Elam Brown Nonpartisan Win
Jose Antonio Carrillo Nonpartisan Win
Stewart W. Conover Nonpartisan Win
Jose M. Covarrubias Nonpartisan Win
Elisha O. Crosby Nonpartisan Win
Pablo De La Guerra Nonpartisan Win
Louis Dent Nonpartisan Win
Kimball H. Dimmick Nonpartisan Win
M. Dominguez Nonpartisan Win
Alfred J. Ellis Nonpartisan Win
Stephen C. Foster Nonpartisan Win
John W. Geary Nonpartisan Win
Edward Gilbert Nonpartisan Win
William M. Gwin Nonpartisan Win
John S. Hager Nonpartisan Win
Henry W. Halleck Nonpartisan Win
Julian Hanks Nonpartisan Win
L. W. Hastings Nonpartisan Win
Henry Hill Nonpartisan Win
J. Hobson Nonpartisan Win
J. McH. Hollingsworth Nonpartisan Win
J. D. Hoppe Nonpartisan Win
J. M. Jones Nonpartisan Win
Thomas O. Larkin Nonpartisan Win
Benjamin S. Lippincott Nonpartisan Win
Francis J. Lippitt Nonpartisan Win
M. M. McCarver Nonpartisan Win
James A. McDougall Nonpartisan Win
Benjamin F. Moore Nonpartisan Win
Myron Norton Nonpartisan Win
Pacificus Ord Nonpartisan Win
Miguel D. Pedrorena Nonpartisan Win
Charles E. Pickett Nonpartisan Win
Andres Pico Nonpartisan Win
Rodman M. Price Nonpartisan Win
Hugo Reid Nonpartisan Win
Jacinto Rodriguez Nonpartisan Win
Pierre Sainsevain Nonpartisan Win
S. M. Severance Nonpartisan Win
William E. Shannon Nonpartisan Win
Winfield S. Sherwood Nonpartisan Win
Jacob R. Snyder Nonpartisan Win
Abel Stearns Nonpartisan Win
William M. Steuart Nonpartisan Win
John A. Sutter Nonpartisan Win
Henry A. Tefft Nonpartisan Win
Mariano G. Vallejo Nonpartisan Win
Thomas L. Vermeule Nonpartisan Win
Joel P. Walker Nonpartisan Win
O. M. Wozencraft Nonpartisan Win