Peter Deveny
Republican
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-04-1884 | Republican | AD-31 | 0 | Win |
Candidate Biography:
1881-188?: School Director
1886-1888: Clerk, Justices Court
1895-19??: Fee Clerk, Treasurer's office
- Deveny was the first Assemblymember to represent AD-31.
- LEGISLATION: According to the article "The Origins of Cannabis Prohibition in California" by Dale Gieringer (Contemporary Drug Problems; June 1999), Anderson N. Walker's AB 153 (1880) was California's first anti-narcotics bills to include controls on hemp drugs. Gieringer noted that "it may well rank as the first anti-cannabis bill in the United States." The California's second piece of marijuana legislation was AB 223 (1885) by Assemblyman Peter Deveny and the third was SB 370 (1889) by Senator William W. Bowers.