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John D. Spencer

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-03-1879 Democratic AD-05 0 Win
11-07-1882 Democratic SD-05 0 Win
01-06-1886 Democratic Clerk of the Supreme Court 0 Win
11-02-1886 Democratic Clerk of the Supreme Court 92589 Win
11-04-1890 Democratic Clerk of the Supreme Court 115719 Loss
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/39001235/john-dillard-spencer
 

Candidate Biography:

John Dillon/Dillard Spencer
Born: July 23, 1840 in Parkersburg, Virginia [now West Virginia]
Married: Martha Ann Weir
Child: John O
Died: December 13, 1895 in California

1862-1876: Editor, The Evening News
1880: Democratic Caucus Candidate for Speaker (Lost)

Source: "The Legislature." Sacramento Daily Record-Union, 1 January 1883, Page 12.