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R. H. Ward

Democratic

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
09-05-1865	Democratic	AD-05	0	Win

Candidate Biography:

1867-1873: District Attorney, Merced County
1875: District Attorney, Merced County

NOTABLE NO VOTE (Slavery): Ward was one of 11 Assemblymembers (and 15 Legislators overall) who voted against SJR 1 (1865), adopting the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which officially ended slavery in the United States.