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Thomas H. Coats

Democratic

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
09-03-1851	Democratic	AD-22	0	Win

Candidate Biography:

Thomas Johnson Coates
Born: February 18, 1807 in Pennsylvania
Died: October 16, 1867 in Willits, CA

The index to the 1852 Assembly Journal lists his name as "T. H. Coates" although he was listed as Coats at several points in the Journal itself (433, 498, 542, 575, and 611). Coates is used on pages p. 181 and 189.
The 1852 State Census reports a Thomas J Coates (living in Sierra Co) who was born around 1808 in Pennsylvania.