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Ninian E. Whiteside

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-02-1857 Democratic AD-15 0 Win
09-02-1863 Democratic CD-AL 43693 Loss
Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninian_E._Whiteside
 

Candidate Biography:

Ninian Edward Whiteside
Born: December 25, 1812 in Illinois
Married: Caroline Ewing Vinward
Died: September 1, 1876 in Marysville, CA

1846: Delegate, Wisconsin Constitutional Convention
1847-1848: Councilmember, Wisconsin Territorial Legislature [State Legislature]
1848: Assemblymember, Wisconsin State Legisaature
1848: Assembly Speaker, Wisconsin State Legislature
1858: Speaker, California State Assembly

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: 'The Convention of 1846', Milo Milton Quafile: Wisconsin State Historical Society, 1919, Biographical Sketch of Ninian Edwards Whiteside, pg. 799.