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James Walsh

Democratic

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
09-03-1851	Democratic	SD-16	0	Win

Candidate Biography:

James Walsh
Birth 13 Dec 1813 New York
Death 19 Apr 1894 San Francisco, CA

There were three voters named James Walsh in Nevada County in 1852; one from Ireland (born 1828) and one from New York (born 1816), one from England (born 1835).
Walsh was the first State Senator to represent Nevada County after it's incorporation.