Joseph C. Morehead
Nonpartisan
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-13-1849 | Nonpartisan | AD-San Joaquin | 0 | Win |
| Website: | www.findagrave.com/memorial/89601818/joseph-clayton-morehead |
Candidate Biography:
Joseph Clayton Morehead
AKA: James C. Moorehead
Born: 1828 in either Cloverport or Butler County, Kentucky
Married: Nancy Hamilton, Sallie Thomas
Child: Margaret
Family: Claimed to be the son of James Turner Morehead (Kentucky Governor, 1834-1836). Denied.
Military Service: ARMY (Mexican War), California State Militia (Gila Expedition/Yuma War), Confederate Army (Civil War)
Died: November 30, 1863 in Troy or Montgomery, Alabama
1850: Resigned from the State Assembly on April 16.
1850: Fought with the Yuma Indians
1850-1851: Quartermaster General, California State Militia
1851: Led a filibustering campaign to Mazatlan, Mexico. Arrived in July 1851 with 200 lightly armed men.
- LEGAL TROUBLES: Held as a Union Army Prisoner of War between June 17, 1862 and June 22, 1863.
- In 1850, Morehead led the California State Militia to combat the Yuma Indians in the 1851 Gila Expedition. The State of California was nearly bankrupted by the $120,000 cost of the Expedition, which killed no indians.
Source: Assembly Journal 1849-50, p. 1234
Source: Schemers & Dreamers: Filibustering in Mexico, 1848-1921 by Joseph Allen Stout