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John David Willard

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-07-1916 Republican AD-42 3954 Loss
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: 1876 in Nebraska
Married: Theodora Holly
Children: John, David, and Dorothea
Died: April 29, 1935 in Redwood City, CA

1898-1900s: Assistant US Attorney General
1932-1935: Law Librarian, San Mateo County

 

  • It was due to Willard's defeat in 1916 that California's elections laws were updated to require that a candidate win their own primary in order to crossfile and run as a member of another party. Willard was a Democrat who won the Republican nomination and was defeated by Frank Eksward, a Republican who won the Democratic nomination.

 

Source: "Heart Attack Ends Life of J. D. Willard" The Peninsula Times Tribune 30 Apr 1935, Tue · Page
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