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John W. Stetson

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-06-1906 Republican AD-50 2523 Win
11-03-1908 Republican SD-15 8989 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

John Walter Stetson
Born: September 24, 1871 in Fruitvale, CA
Died: February 23, 1920 in Santa Clara Co., CA

1898-1903: City Justice, City of Oakland Courts
1903-1906: Attorney, State Commission on Lunacy
1911: Proponent, Proposition 13 (Regarding the powers conferred on municipal corporations by freeholders' charters)
1912: California Campaign Manager, Theodore Roosevelt for President
1914-1919: President, California State Roosevelt League

Source: California Blue Book (1907), (1909), (1911)