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Fordyce Bates

Democratic

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
09-01-1858	Democratic	AD-21	0	Win

Website:	www.findagrave.com/memorial/158952853/fordyce-bates

Candidate Biography:

Born: February 25, 1823 in Worthington, Massachusetts
Died: 1900

1874-1900: Postmaster, Minersville Post Office

Fordyce had a twin brother named Gordyce. Yes. Fordyce and Gordyce.

Source: The Leading Citizens of Hampshire County, Massachusetts (1896)