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William J. Knox

Democratic

Picture of William J. Knox
History of Santa Clara County by J.P. Munro-Fraser
Date Party Office Votes Result
09-06-1854 Democratic AD-16 0 Win
09-05-1865 Union SD-07 0 Win
01-01-1866 Union SD-07 0 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: October 20, 1820 near Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Married: Sarah Louisa Browning (in 1846)
Died (in office): November 13, 1867 at the Lick House in San Francisco, CA

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: Anthropographic Chart of the 17th Session of the Legislature... (Sacramento; Russell & Winterburn's, 1867)
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