James P. Van Ness
Democratic
Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
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11-25-1871 | Democratic | SD-03 | 0 | Win |
Website: | www.findagrave.com/memorial/15421066/james-p_-van_ness |
Candidate Biography:
Born: 1809 in Burlington, Vermont
Died: December 28, 1872 in San Luis Obispo, CA
1855-1856: Mayor, City of San Francisco
- Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco is named for this individual. [Source: The Beginnings of San Francisco by Zoeth Skinner Eldredge (1912). Online at sfgenealogy.com]
Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: Legislative Guide... of all the State Officers and Members of the Legislature... by Kean & Dudley (H.S. Crocker and Co.; 1871)