B. D. Wilson
Independent
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-05-1855 | Democratic | SD-01 | 0 | Win |
| 11-03-1868 | Independent | SD-02 | 0 | Win |
| Website: | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Davis_Wilson |
Candidate Biography:
Benjamin Davis "Don Benito" Wilson
Born: December 1, 1811 in Wilson County, Tennessee
Married: Ramona Yorba (m. 1844, d. 1849), Margaret Hereford
Child: Four daughters (including Ruth who married George S. Patton Sr.)
Died: March 11, 1878 at Lake Vinyard in Los Angeles, CA
1844-184?: Justice of the Peace, California's Inland Territory (Riverside County area)
1851-1852: Mayor, City of Los Angeles
Previous: Member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
1854: Founder, City of San Gabriel
1859: Founder, City of Riverside
1874: Founder, Indiana Colony (later renamed Pasadena, CA)
- In 1861, Wilson and Phineas Banning donated the land used to build Drum Barracks (Union Army headquarters for California and Arizona during the Civil War).
- Wilson was the grandfather of General George S. Patton Jr., World War II commander and name-sake for the Patton tank.
- PLACENAME: Mount Wilson, the highest of the San Gabriel Mountains, is named for Mayor Wilson. Wilson led the first "white man's expedition" up the mountain.
- PLACENAME: Don Benito Fundamental School in Pasadena is named for Wilson.
Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: Legislative Guide... of all the State Officers and Members of the Legislature... by Kean & Dudley (H.S. Crocker and Co.; 1871)