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William J. Shaw

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-05-1855 Democratic SD-05 0 Win
09-05-1865 Democratic SD-08 0 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: 1827 in New York

1859: Pall Bearer, Funeral of US Senator David C. Broderick

  • LEGISLATION: Author of SJR 1 (1865) through which California adopted the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which officially ended slavery in the United States.

Source: Anthropographic Chart of the 17th Session of the Legislature... (Sacramento; Russell & Winterburn's, 1867)
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