E. Kirby Chamberlain
Nonpartisan
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-13-1849 | Nonpartisan | SD-Los Angeles | 320 | Win |
Candidate Biography:
Ephraim Kirby Chamberlain
Born: April 24, 1805 in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Military Service: ARMY (Mexican-American War)
Died: December 26, 1852 on the steamer California
1840: Surgeon, Boundary Line Commission
1849-1951: President pro Tempore, California State Senate
- CASTING VOTE: The State Senate reached its first tie vote on December 18, 1849 (two days before the first Governor and Lt. Governor were sworn in). As Senate President pro Tem (and Acting Lieutenant Governor) Chamberlain cast the first 'casting vote' to break a 6 to 6 tie on a motion by Senator John Bidwell that the vote on the adoption of the Senate Rules be taken on each rule separately." Chamberlain voted no.
- History of Santa Clara County by J. P. Munro-Fraser (1881) indicates that Chamberlain was a doctor and held an MD degree.
Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: "The Names of the President and Senators of the First Senate of the State of California. Convened at the Capitol of San Jose, December the 15th, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Nine." (1849)