Samuel Braunhart

San Jose Mercury News (1906)

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
09-03-1879	Workingmen	AD-11	0	Win
11-03-1896	Democratic	SD-17	0	Win
11-04-1902	Democratic	RC-02	24057	Loss

Candidate Biography:

Born: January 1, 1848 in Schabin, Prussia
Died: May 28, 1906 in San Francisco, CA

1895-1899: Port Warden, Port of San Francisco
1900: Resigned from the State Senate on June 28.
1900-1905: Member, San Francisco County Board of Supervisors

• OUCH: According to the Chico Record, at the 1904 San Francisco Democratic Convention "The proceedings were enlivened by an assault -made upon -Supervisor Samuel Braunhart by James Welsh. The latter was In turn knocked down by State Senator Joseph M. Plunkett." ["WAS ENLIVENED WITH A FIGHT" Chico Record, Volume LIV, Number 245, 5 October 1904]
• NOT DEAD YET: On May 15th, it was announced that Braunhart had died and speculation was that a "nervous reaction following the Quake and Fire is thought to have hastened his demise." The following day, the announcement was retracted. He died less than two weeks later.
• "In his first speech in the Assembly he insulted the Speaker and half the members, and was forcibly seated by the Sergeant-at-Arms."
• On February 27, 1880, "the Speaker was stating the question, and Mr. Braunhart persisted in interrupting him by rising to points of order, called Mr. Braunhart to order and ordered him to take his seat, and upon his refusing to do so ordered him under arrest. [p. 365] and then the Assembly voted 41-32 to suspend Assemblyman Braunhart from the priviledge of the floor for three days for disorderly language. [Source: Assembly Daily Journal for 1880, p. 367] A letter was written by 12 members of the Assembly saying "We, the undersigned, members of the Assembly, hereby protest against the action of this House in taking up the time of the House and of the people in the consideration of trivial, foolish, and partisan matters not necessary, and entirely uncalled for, while matters of vital importance are pending before the House and are being neglected while the people are clamoring for legislation. And we further protest against the refusal of the House to allow a representative of the people to speak on the floor of this house."[p. 369]

Source: "TWO NOTABLE PUBLIC CHARACTERS," Sacramento Union, Volume III, Number 102, 3 June 1906
Source: "FORMER SUPERVISOR SAMUEL BRAUNHART CLAIMED BY DEATH" San Francisco Call, Volume 99, Number 167, 15 May 1906
Source: Assembly Journal for the 1880 Session [page numbers indicated above]
Source: "SAMUEL BRAUNHART NOT DEAD, BUT LIVING" Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 111, Number 84, 16 May 1906
Photo is from the San Jose Mercury News, Volume LXX, Number 149, 29 May 1906