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Melvin Pettit

Progressive (Bull Moose)

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-07-1916 Progressive (Bull Moose) AD-52 3754 Win
11-05-1918 Democratic AD-52 5508 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: August 13, 1859 in Binbrook Township, Ontario, Canada
Married: Anna Kenny (m. 1886)
Child: Hermon Dewitt Pettit, Caroline W. Nelson, A. Almeda Aden, Ruth O., and Clare N.
Died: July 27, 1943 in Kingsburg, CA