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John E. Benton

Republican

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
09-04-1861	Republican	AD-16	0	Win
09-02-1863	Union	SD-16	0	Win

Candidate Biography:

Died: February 18, 1888 in Oakland, CA

1850s: Postmaster of Oakland, CA

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)