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Benjamin S. Lippincott

Douglas Democratic

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
08-01-1849	Nonpartisan	Delegate	0	Win
11-13-1849	Nonpartisan	SD-San Joaquin	2425	Win
10-07-1850	Independent	SD-09	0	Win
09-05-1855	Democratic	AD-05	0	Win
11-06-1860	Douglas Democratic	AD-19	0	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: October 6, 1815 in New York, New York
Military Service: ARMY (Pyramid Lake War of 1860)
Died: November 22, 1870 in Red Bank, New Jersey

1849: Delegate, First California Constitutional Convention (representing San Joaquin District)
1859: Pall Bearer, Funeral of US Senator David C. Broderick

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: Governmental Roster, 1889. State and County Governments of California by W. C. Hendricks
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)