Washington Bartlett
Democratic
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-02-1873 | Independent | SD-08 | 0 | Win |
| 11-02-1886 | Democratic | Governor | 84970 | Win |
Candidate Biography:
Born: February 29, 1824 in Savannah, Georgia
Died (in office): September 12, 1887 in Oakland, CA
1856-1857: Member, San Francisco Second Vigilance Committee
1957-1859: Deputy County Clerk, San Francisco County
1859-1863: County Clerk, San Francisco County
1866: Candidate for San Francisco County Auditor (Lost)
1867-1869: County Clerk, San Francisco County
1870-1873: Member, California State Harbor Commission
1882-1883: President, Society of California Pioneers
1883-1885: Mayor, City of San Francisco
- California's only Jewish Governor.
- Serving only 247 days, Bartlett was the first California Governor to die in office.
- In 2008, Orange County Superior Court candidate Mike Bartlett claimed that Governor Burnett was his great-great grandfather. Another candidate, Nick Thompson, filed a suit asking that the claim be removed from his candidate statement. A court ruled that the burden of proof was on Thompson, and without affirming that Bartlett was a relative, decided that it could not prove the Bartletts were not related.
Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: Directory of the California Legislature. Twenty-First Session, 1875-6 by William Halley (1876)