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August 1, 1849

Special Election

This special election was called by Brigadier General Bennett C. Riley, Military Governor of California, to elect delegates to the Constitutional Convention.

Delegate - San Jose District
Joseph Aram Nonpartisan Win
Elam Brown Nonpartisan Win
Kimball H. Dimmick Nonpartisan Win
Julian Hanks Nonpartisan Win
J. D. Hoppe Nonpartisan Win
Pierre Sainsevain Nonpartisan Win
 
Delegate - Sacramento District
William Blackburn Nonpartisan Win
Elisha O. Crosby Nonpartisan Win
L. W. Hastings Nonpartisan Win
M. M. McCarver Nonpartisan Win
James A. McDougall Nonpartisan Win
Charles E. Pickett Nonpartisan Win
William E. Shannon Nonpartisan Win
Winfield S. Sherwood Nonpartisan Win
Jacob R. Snyder Nonpartisan Win
John A. Sutter Nonpartisan Win
 
Delegate - Sonoma District
Lilburn W. Boggs Nonpartisan Win
Mariano G. Vallejo Nonpartisan Win
Joel P. Walker Nonpartisan Win
 
Delegate - Monterey District
Charles T. Botts Nonpartisan Win
Louis Dent Nonpartisan Win
Henry W. Halleck Nonpartisan Win
Thomas O. Larkin Nonpartisan Win
Pacificus Ord Nonpartisan Win
 
Delegate - Los Angeles District
Jose Antonio Carrillo Nonpartisan Win
M. Dominguez Nonpartisan Win
Stephen C. Foster Nonpartisan Win
Hugo Reid Nonpartisan Win
Abel Stearns Nonpartisan Win
 
Delegate
Stewart W. Conover Nonpartisan Win
Andres Pico Nonpartisan Win
S. M. Severance Nonpartisan Win
 
Delegate - San Luis Obispo District
Jose M. Covarrubias Nonpartisan Win
Henry A. Tefft Nonpartisan Win
 
Delegate - Santa Barbara District
Pablo De La Guerra Nonpartisan Win
Jacinto Rodriguez Nonpartisan Win
 
Delegate - San Francisco District
Alfred J. Ellis Nonpartisan Win
John W. Geary Nonpartisan Win
Edward Gilbert Nonpartisan Win
William M. Gwin Nonpartisan Win
J. Hobson Nonpartisan Win
Francis J. Lippitt Nonpartisan Win
Myron Norton Nonpartisan Win
Rodman M. Price Nonpartisan Win
William M. Steuart Nonpartisan Win
 
Delegate - San Diego District
Henry Hill Nonpartisan Win
Miguel D. Pedrorena Nonpartisan Win
 
Delegate - San Joaquin District
J. McH. Hollingsworth Nonpartisan Win
J. M. Jones Nonpartisan Win
Benjamin S. Lippincott Nonpartisan Win
Benjamin F. Moore Nonpartisan Win
Thomas L. Vermeule Nonpartisan Win
O. M. Wozencraft Nonpartisan Win