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Jason Watkins

Democratic

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
09-07-1875	Democratic	AD-19	0	Win

Website:	www.findagrave.com/memorial/19229400/jason-watkins

Candidate Biography:

Born: February 5, 1825 in Missouri
Military Service: ARMY (Mexican War)
Died: June 23, 1909 in Woodland, CA

CLOSE ELECTION: Watkins won the 1875 election over F.S. Freeman (Ind.) by 23 votes.

Source: Directory of the California Legislature. Twenty-First Session, 1875-6 by William Halley (1876)