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Gillis Doty

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-07-1882 Democratic AD-18 0 Win
11-04-1890 Democratic AD-20 0 Win
11-03-1896 Democratic SD-13 0 Win
11-06-1900 Democratic SD-13 4565 Loss
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/112285687/gillis-doty
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: September 26, 1835 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Married: Esther Emugh (in 1857)
Children: James G., Florence N., Sarah M., John B., Anna R., William B., Dora E., Charles, George W., and Franklin G
Died: July 23, 1909 in Wilbur Springs, CA

  • Be Fruitful and Multiply: Doty had 10 children.

Source: "The Legislature." Sacramento Daily Record-Union, 1 January 1883, Page 12.
Source: "Some Public Men". The Sunday Union (Sacramento), 2/8/1891. Page 7.
Source: longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I08917&tree=Doty