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Joel P. Walker

Nonpartisan

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
08-01-1849	Nonpartisan	Delegate	0	Win
11-13-1849	Nonpartisan	SD-Sonoma	168	Loss

Candidate Biography:

Born: 1798 in Goochland County, Virginia

1849: Delegate, First California Constitutional Convention (representing Sonoma District)

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis
Source: Governmental Roster, 1889. State and County Governments of California by W. C. Hendricks