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Horace A. Higley

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-02-1857 Democratic Surveyor General 55858 Win
09-07-1859 Lecompton Democratic Surveyor General 60127 Win
09-04-1861 Breckinridge Democratic Surveyor General 32179 Loss
 

Candidate Biography:

Horace Antonio Higley
Born: May 29, 1828 in Pensacola, FL
Married: Sallie Phole (m. 1871)
Military Service: Confederate Army (Civil War)
Died: November 24, 1873 in San Francisco, CA

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