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Sylvester C. Smith

Republican

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CA Blue Book
Date Party Office Votes Result
11-06-1894 Republican SD-34 0 Win
11-08-1898 Republican SD-34 3482 Win
11-08-1904 Republican CD-08 23683 Win
11-06-1906 Republican CD-08 22548 Win
11-03-1908 Republican CD-08 29305 Win
11-08-1910 Republican CD-08 28202 Win
Website: bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000614
 

Candidate Biography:

Sylvester Clark Smith
Born: August 26, 1858 near Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Died: January 26, 1913 in Los Angeles, CA

1886-1897: Editor, Kern County Echo

  • LEGISLATION: Smith was the author of SB 102 (1901) which established the California Polytechnic School in the County of San Luis Obispo.

Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]
Source: Senate Final History (1901) [page 51]