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Charles H. Hempstead

Democratic

Picture of Charles H. Hempstead
CA Blue Book 2000
Date Party Office Votes Result
11-05-1855 Democratic Secretary of State 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35470831
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: July 27, 1832 in Pennsylvania
Married: Mary Virginia Whitehill
Children: Lulu K., Charles W., Florence V., Bertha A., David Bill, Emma J., and Harry H.
Died: September 28, 1879 in Salt Lake, Utah Territory

1855-1857: [Ex-Officio] California State Librarian

  • Be Fruitful and Multiply: Hemphill had seven children.

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
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