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Martin Rowan

Democratic

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
10-08-1853	Democratic	AD-08	0	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: 1823 in Newark, New Jersey
Married.
Child: One daughter
Died: September 23, 1872 in Sacramento, CA

1856-1860s: Under-Sheriff, Calaveras County
1863-1864: Minute Clerk, California State Assembly
1871-1872: Minute Clerk, California State Assembly

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