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Thomas J. Clunie

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-07-1875 Democratic AD-18 0 Win
09-03-1879 Democratic CD-02 12847 Loss
11-02-1886 Democratic SD-27 0 Win
11-06-1888 Democratic CD-05 20276 Win
11-04-1890 Democratic CD-05 19899 Loss
Website: bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000536
 

Candidate Biography:

Thomas Jefferson Clunie
Born: March 25, 1852 in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
Military Service: State Militia
Died: June 30, 1903 in San Francisco, CA

1884: Delegate, Democratic National Convention

  • Youngest Member: Clunie was 23 years old when elected to the Assembly in 1875.

Source: Directory of the California Legislature. Twenty-First Session, 1875-6 by William Halley (1876)
Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]
Source: "Sacramento City Cemetary 1849-2000" (accessed 4/14/2012)