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Benjamin P. Avery

Republican

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
09-04-1861	Republican	State Printer	52160	Win

Candidate Biography:

Died: November 8, 1875 in Peking, China

1874-1875: U.S. Minister to China

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