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John Bidwell
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California
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March 4, 1865  March 3, 1867
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December 17, 1849  January 6, 1851
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August 5, 1819
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<b>
John Bidwell
</b>
(August 5, 1819 April 4, 1900), known in
<a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">
Spanish
</a>
as
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Don Juan Bidwell
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was an American pioneer, politician, and soldier. Bidwell is known as the founder of the city of
<a href="/wiki/Chico,_California" title="Chico, California">
Chico, California
</a>
. He served in the
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/California_Senate" title="California Senate">
California Senate
</a>
and then in the
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Bidwell was born in 1819 in
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. His Bidwell ancestors immigrated to North America in the colonial era.
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His family moved to
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Erie, Pennsylvania
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, in 1829, and then to
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Ashtabula County, Ohio
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In 1841, at the age of 22, Bidwell became one of the first emigrants on the California Trail.
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John Sutter
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employed Bidwell as his business manager shortly after the younger man reached California. In October 1844, Bidwell went with Sutter to Monterey, where the two learned of an insurrection by leader
<a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Castro" title="José Castro">
José Castro
</a>
and ex-governor
<a href="/wiki/Juan_Bautista_Alvarado" title="Juan Bautista Alvarado">
Juan Bautista Alvarado
</a>
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In 1845, Bidwell and Sutter joined Governor
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Manuel Micheltorena
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and a group of Americans and Indians to fight the insurrectionists, pursuing them to
<a href="/wiki/Cahuenga_Pass" title="Cahuenga Pass">
Cahuenga
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Upon release, Bidwell headed north through
<a href="/wiki/Rancho_San_Francisco#Los_Angeles_area_gold_find" title="Rancho San Francisco">
Placerita Canyon
</a>
, saw the mining operations, and was determined to search for gold on his way to
<a href="/wiki/Sutter%27s_Fort" title="Sutter's Fort">
Sutter's Fort
</a>
, where he met
<a href="/wiki/James_W._Marshall" title="James W. Marshall">
James W. Marshall
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Shortly after Marshall's discovery of gold at
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Sutter's Mill
</a>
, Bidwell also discovered gold on the
<a href="/wiki/Feather_River" title="Feather River">
Feather River
</a>
, establishing a productive claim at Bidwell Bar in advance of the
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/California_Gold_Rush" title="California Gold Rush">
California Gold Rush
</a>
. Bidwell obtained the four square-league
<a href="/wiki/Rancho_Los_Ulpinos" title="Rancho Los Ulpinos">
Rancho Los Ulpinos
</a>
land grant after being naturalized as a Mexican citizen in 1844, and the two square-league
<a href="/wiki/Rancho_Colus" title="Rancho Colus">
Rancho Colus
</a>
grant on the
<a href="/wiki/Sacramento_River" title="Sacramento River">
Sacramento River
</a>
in 1845. He later sold the latter grant and bought
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Rancho_Arroyo_Chico" title="Rancho Arroyo Chico">
Rancho Arroyo Chico
</a>
on Chico Creek to establish a ranch and farm.
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Fort Bidwell
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in 1877
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<p>
Soon after the outbreak of the
<a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="MexicanAmerican War">
MexicanAmerican War
</a>
, Bidwell met with the leaders of the
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Bear_Flag_Revolt" title="Bear Flag Revolt">
Bear Flag Revolt
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and drafted their constitution.
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He later attained the rank of major while fighting at
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Fort Stockton
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. In August 1846, he was appointed
<a href="/wiki/Alcalde" title="Alcalde">
Alcalde
</a>
of
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Mission_San_Luis_Rey" title="Mission San Luis Rey">
Mission San Luis Rey
</a>
by
<a href="/wiki/John_C._Fr%C3%A9mont" title="John C. Frémont">
John C. Frémont
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, where he served until the end of the war.
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He was appointed brigadier general of the
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California Militia
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in 1863.
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From 1863 to 1864, Bidwell and other local financiers built the
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Humboldt Wagon Road
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connecting Chico to the mining districts of Nevada.
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Around this time, in 1865, General Bidwell backed a petition from settlers at
<a href="/wiki/Red_Bluff,_California" title="Red Bluff, California">
Red Bluff, California
</a>
to protect Red Bluff's trail to the
<a href="/wiki/Owyhee_River#History" title="Owyhee River">
Owyhee Mines
</a>
of
<a href="/wiki/Idaho" title="Idaho">
Idaho
</a>
. The
<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">
United States Army
</a>
commissioned seven forts for this purpose. One site was near
<a href="/wiki/Fandango_Pass" title="Fandango Pass">
Fandango Pass
</a>
at the base of the
<a href="/wiki/Warner_Mountains" title="Warner Mountains">
Warner Mountains
</a>
, in the north end of
<a href="/wiki/Surprise_Valley,_Modoc_County" title="Surprise Valley, Modoc County">
Surprise Valley
</a>
. On June 10, 1865, a fort (eventually named
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Fort_Bidwell" title="Fort Bidwell">
Fort Bidwell
</a>
) was ordered to be built there.
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The fort was built amid escalating fighting with the
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Snake Indians
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of eastern Oregon and southern Idaho.
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Snake War
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, that lasted until 1868, and the later
<a href="/wiki/Modoc_War" title="Modoc War">
Modoc War
</a>
. Although traffic dwindled on the Red Bluff route once the
<a href="/wiki/Central_Pacific_Railroad" title="Central Pacific Railroad">
Central Pacific Railroad
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extended into Nevada in 1868, the Army staffed Fort Bidwell until 1890 to quell various uprisings and disturbances.
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reservation and small community maintain the name Fort Bidwell.
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Belle ship disaster
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On February 5, 1856, Bidwell was one of several passengers traveling down the
<a href="/wiki/Sacramento_River" title="Sacramento River">
Sacramento River
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on the steamboat
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when the ship's boiler exploded, killing several people instantly.
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quarter
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directly into his skull. Bidwell survived, but spent the rest of his life with a visible hole in his head.
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Political career
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Bidwell was selected as a delegate to the
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1849 California Constitutional Convention
</a>
, but did not attend because of mining business. Later that year, he was elected to the
<a href="/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate">
California State Senate
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, serving a single one-year term.
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He ran for State Senate again in 1855, but lost to incumbent
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Know Nothing
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John B. McGee by just 187 votes.
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He supervised conducting the federal census of California in
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1850
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and
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1860
</a>
, under national direction by
<a href="/wiki/Joseph_C._G._Kennedy" title="Joseph C. G. Kennedy">
Joseph C. G. Kennedy
</a>
. Bidwell was a delegate to the
<a href="/wiki/1860_Democratic_National_Conventions#Charleston_convention" title="1860 Democratic National Conventions">
1860 Democratic National Convention
</a>
in
<a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">
Charleston
</a>
. He was the only
<a href="/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="West Coast of the United States">
West Coast
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delegate opposed to secession.
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He left the party soon after the outbreak of the
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Civil War
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, and in 1864 was a delegate to the
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National Union National Convention
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Congress
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That year, he was also
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elected
</a>
to the
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives">
House of Representatives
</a>
as a
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Republican
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, serving from 1865 to 1867.
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<p>
Rather than seek re-election, he chose to run for
<a href="/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California">
Governor of California
</a>
in
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1867
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but due to his anti-
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monopoly
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stance lost the
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Union Party
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nomination to railroad lobbyist
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An early political caricature poster mocking
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California Republicans
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' support of a
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local option
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for alcohol,
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1870s
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Later campaigns
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In
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1875
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, Bidwell ran for
<a href="/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California">
Governor of California
</a>
on the
<a href="/wiki/Anti-Monopoly_Party" title="Anti-Monopoly Party">
Anti-Monopoly Party
</a>
ticket.
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As a strong advocate of the
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temperance movement
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, he presided over the state convention of the
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Prohibition Party
</a>
in 1888 and was their nominee for governor in
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1890
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, Bidwell was the nominee of the Prohibition Party.
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The ticket of Bidwell and
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James B. Cranfill
</a>
of
<a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">
Texas
</a>
finished fourth nationwide, receiving 271,058 votes, or 2.3%. It was the largest total vote and highest percentage of the vote received by any Prohibition Party national ticket. Their strongest result was in
<a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1892 United States presidential election in Minnesota">
Minnesota
</a>
, where they received over five percent of the vote.
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Death
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John Bidwell's autobiography,
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, was published in 1900. That same year, on April 4, Bidwell died of natural causes at the age of 80.
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Personal life
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Annie and John Bidwell, 1895
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<p>
In 1868 Bidwell was about 49 when he married
<a href="/wiki/Annie_Bidwell" title="Annie Bidwell">
Annie Kennedy
</a>
, whom he had courted for years. She was 20 years younger and a daughter of
<a href="/wiki/Joseph_C._G._Kennedy" title="Joseph C. G. Kennedy">
Joseph C. G. Kennedy
</a>
. Her father was socially prominent, a high-ranking
<a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">
Washington
</a>
official who supervised the
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" title="U.S. Census Bureau">
U.S. Census Bureau
</a>
. Bidwell had met him while working on the California census. The senior Kennedy was active in the
<a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">
U.S. Whig party
</a>
. Annie Kennedy was deeply religious, joining the Presbyterian Church, and committed to a number of moral and social causes. She was very active in the
<a href="/wiki/Suffrage" title="Suffrage">
suffrage
</a>
and
<a href="/wiki/Prohibition" title="Prohibition">
prohibition
</a>
movements.
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The couple married April 16, 1868, in Washington, D.C., with
<a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">
President
</a>
<a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">
Andrew Johnson
</a>
and future president
<a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">
Ulysses S. Grant
</a>
among the guests. After he returned with her to Chico, the Bidwells used their mansion extensively for entertainment of friends and official guests. Among them were President
<a href="/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Rutherford B. Hayes">
Rutherford B. Hayes
</a>
, General
<a href="/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman" title="William Tecumseh Sherman">
William T. Sherman
</a>
,
<a href="/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony" title="Susan B. Anthony">
Susan B. Anthony
</a>
,
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Frances Willard
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Leland Stanford
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John Muir
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Joseph Dalton Hooker
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Asa Gray
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The actor Howard Negley (18981983) played Bidwell in the 1953 episode, "The Lady with the Blue Silk Umbrella" on the
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Death Valley Days
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Stanley Andrews
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Kathleen Case
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Rick Vallin
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played Lieutenant Bob Hastings.
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<a href="/wiki/Annie_Bidwell" title="Annie Bidwell">
Annie Kennedy
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, whom he had been courting. His signature appears in the Book of By-Laws of the Chico-Leland Stanford Lodge No. 111 in Chico, California.
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Bidwell
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1864 United States House of Representatives elections in California
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Republican
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<b>
John Bidwell
</b>
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<b>
18,255
</b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em">
<b>
56.1
</b>
</td>
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Democratic
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Jack Temple
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14,273
</td>
<td style="text-align:right">
43.9
</td>
</tr>
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Total votes
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</th>
<td style="text-align:right;">
<b>
32,528
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</td>
<td style="text-align:right;">
<b>
100.0
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Republican
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BartlesonBidwell Party
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</li>
<li>
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California Republic
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<li>
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Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park
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California Trail
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Michael Gillis
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Temperance movement
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<a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Caldwell" title="John Henry Caldwell">
Caldwell
</a>
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<a href="/wiki/Augustus_W._Cutler" title="Augustus W. Cutler">
Cutler
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<a href="/wiki/James_W._Covert" title="James W. Covert">
Covert
</a>
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<a href="/wiki/Edward_K._Valentine" title="Edward K. Valentine">
Valentine
</a>
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/William_H._Hatch" title="William H. Hatch">
Hatch
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Edward_H._Funston" title="Edward H. Funston">
Funston
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/William_H._Hatch" title="William H. Hatch">
Hatch
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/James_W._Wadsworth" title="James W. Wadsworth">
Wadsworth
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Charles_Frederick_Scott" title="Charles Frederick Scott">
Scott
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/John_Lamb_(congressman)" title="John Lamb (congressman)">
Lamb
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Asbury_Francis_Lever" title="Asbury Francis Lever">
Lever
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Gilbert_N._Haugen" title="Gilbert N. Haugen">
Haugen
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/John_Marvin_Jones" title="John Marvin Jones">
Jones
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Hampton_P._Fulmer" title="Hampton P. Fulmer">
Fulmer
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/John_W._Flannagan_Jr." title="John W. Flannagan Jr.">
Flannagan
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Clifford_R._Hope" title="Clifford R. Hope">
Hope
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Harold_D._Cooley" title="Harold D. Cooley">
Cooley
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Clifford_R._Hope" title="Clifford R. Hope">
Hope
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Harold_D._Cooley" title="Harold D. Cooley">
Cooley
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/William_R._Poage" title="William R. Poage">
Poage
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Tom_Foley" title="Tom Foley">
Foley
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Kika_de_la_Garza" title="Kika de la Garza">
de la Garza
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pat_Roberts" title="Pat Roberts">
Roberts
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Bob_Smith_(Oregon_politician)" title="Bob Smith (Oregon politician)">
Smith
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Larry_Combest" title="Larry Combest">
Combest
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Bob_Goodlatte" title="Bob Goodlatte">
Goodlatte
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Collin_Peterson" title="Collin Peterson">
Peterson
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Frank_Lucas_(Oklahoma_politician)" title="Frank Lucas (Oklahoma politician)">
Lucas
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Mike_Conaway" title="Mike Conaway">
Conaway
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Collin_Peterson" title="Collin Peterson">
Peterson
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/David_Scott_(Georgia_politician)" title="David Scott (Georgia politician)">
Scott
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Glenn_Thompson_(politician)" title="Glenn Thompson (politician)">
Thompson
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18691872:
<a href="/wiki/John_Russell_(prohibitionist)" title="John Russell (prohibitionist)">
John Russell
</a>
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<li>
18721876:
<a href="/wiki/Simeon_B._Chase" title="Simeon B. Chase">
Simeon B. Chase
</a>
</li>
<li>
18761880:
<a href="/wiki/James_Black_(prohibitionist)" title="James Black (prohibitionist)">
James Black
</a>
</li>
<li>
18801884:
<a href="/wiki/Gideon_T._Stewart" title="Gideon T. Stewart">
Gideon T. Stewart
</a>
</li>
<li>
18841887:
<a href="/wiki/John_B._Finch" title="John B. Finch">
John B. Finch
</a>
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<li>
18871899:
<a href="/wiki/Samuel_Dickie" title="Samuel Dickie">
Samuel Dickie
</a>
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19001905:
<a href="/wiki/Oliver_W._Stewart" title="Oliver W. Stewart">
Oliver W. Stewart
</a>
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19051908: Charles R. Jones
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19081924: Virgil G. Hinshaw
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<li>
19241925: B.E.P. Prugh
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<li>
19251932:
<a href="/wiki/D._Leigh_Colvin" title="D. Leigh Colvin">
D. Leigh Colvin
</a>
</li>
<li>
19321947: Edward E. Blake
</li>
<li>
19471950: Virgil C. Finnell
</li>
<li>
19501953: Gerald Overholt
</li>
<li>
19531955: Lowell H. Coate
</li>
<li>
19551971:
<a href="/wiki/E._Harold_Munn" title="E. Harold Munn">
E. Harold Munn
</a>
</li>
<li>
19711979: Charles Wesley Ewing
</li>
<li>
19792003:
<a href="/wiki/Earl_Dodge" title="Earl Dodge">
Earl Dodge
</a>
</li>
<li>
20032005: Don Webb
</li>
<li>
20052009:
<a href="/wiki/Gene_Amondson" title="Gene Amondson">
Gene Amondson
</a>
</li>
<li>
20092013: Toby Davis
</li>
<li>
20132014: Gregory Seltzer
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<li>
20142019: Rick Knox
</li>
<li>
20192020: Randy McNutt
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<li>
20202023: Phil Collins
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<li>
2023Present: Zack Kusnir
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Presidential tickets
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<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_presidential_election" title="1872 United States presidential election">
1872
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/James_Black_(prohibitionist)" title="James Black (prohibitionist)">
Black
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/John_Russell_(prohibitionist)" title="John Russell (prohibitionist)">
Russell
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_presidential_election" title="1876 United States presidential election">
1876
</a>
:
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Green_Clay_Smith" title="Green Clay Smith">
Smith
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Gideon_T._Stewart" title="Gideon T. Stewart">
Stewart
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election" title="1880 United States presidential election">
1880
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Neal_Dow" title="Neal Dow">
Dow
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Henry_Adams_Thompson" title="Henry Adams Thompson">
Thompson
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election" title="1884 United States presidential election">
1884
</a>
<a href="/wiki/John_St._John_(American_politician)" title="John St. John (American politician)">
St. John
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/William_Daniel_(Maryland_politician)" title="William Daniel (Maryland politician)">
Daniel
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election" title="1888 United States presidential election">
1888
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Clinton_B._Fisk" title="Clinton B. Fisk">
Fisk
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/John_A._Brooks" title="John A. Brooks">
Brooks
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election" title="1892 United States presidential election">
1892
</a>
:
<a class="mw-selflink selflink">
Bidwell
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/James_B._Cranfill" title="James B. Cranfill">
Cranfill
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election" title="1896 United States presidential election">
1896
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Joshua_Levering" title="Joshua Levering">
Levering
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Hale_Johnson" title="Hale Johnson">
Johnson
</a>
-
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Charles_E._Bentley_(politician)" title="Charles E. Bentley (politician)">
Bentley
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/James_H._Southgate" title="James H. Southgate">
Southgate
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election" title="1900 United States presidential election">
1900
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/John_G._Woolley" title="John G. Woolley">
Woolley
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Metcalf" title="Henry B. Metcalf">
Metcalf
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election" title="1904 United States presidential election">
1904
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Silas_C._Swallow" title="Silas C. Swallow">
Swallow
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Carroll" title="George Washington Carroll">
Carroll
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election" title="1908 United States presidential election">
1908
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election" title="1912 United States presidential election">
1912
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Eugene_W._Chafin" title="Eugene W. Chafin">
Chafin
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Aaron_S._Watkins" title="Aaron S. Watkins">
A. Watkins
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election" title="1916 United States presidential election">
1916
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Frank_Hanly" title="Frank Hanly">
Hanley
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Ira_Landrith" title="Ira Landrith">
Landrith
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election" title="1920 United States presidential election">
1920
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Aaron_S._Watkins" title="Aaron S. Watkins">
A. Watkins
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/D._Leigh_Colvin" title="D. Leigh Colvin">
Colvin
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election" title="1924 United States presidential election">
1924
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Herman_P._Faris" title="Herman P. Faris">
Faris
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Marie_C._Brehm" title="Marie C. Brehm">
Brehm
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election" title="1928 United States presidential election">
1928
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/William_F._Varney" title="William F. Varney">
Varney
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/James_A._Edgerton" title="James A. Edgerton">
Edgerton
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election" title="1932 United States presidential election">
1932
</a>
:
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/William_David_Upshaw" title="William David Upshaw">
Upshaw
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Frank_S._Regan" title="Frank S. Regan">
Regan
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election" title="1936 United States presidential election">
1936
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/D._Leigh_Colvin" title="D. Leigh Colvin">
Colvin
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Claude_A._Watson" title="Claude A. Watson">
Watson
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election" title="1940 United States presidential election">
1940
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Roger_Babson" title="Roger Babson">
Babson
</a>
/
<a class="new" href="/w/index.php?title=Edgar_V._Moorman&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Edgar V. Moorman (page does not exist)">
Moorman
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election" title="1944 United States presidential election">
1944
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Claude_A._Watson" title="Claude A. Watson">
Watson
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Andrew_N._Johnson" title="Andrew N. Johnson">
Johnson
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election" title="1948 United States presidential election">
1948
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Claude_A._Watson" title="Claude A. Watson">
Watson
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Dale_H._Learn" title="Dale H. Learn">
Learn
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election" title="1952 United States presidential election">
1952
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Stuart_Hamblen" title="Stuart Hamblen">
Hamblen
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Enoch_A._Holtwick" title="Enoch A. Holtwick">
Holtwick
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election" title="1956 United States presidential election">
1956
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Enoch_A._Holtwick" title="Enoch A. Holtwick">
Holtwick
</a>
/
<a class="new" href="/w/index.php?title=Edwin_M._Cooper&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Edwin M. Cooper (page does not exist)">
Cooper
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election" title="1960 United States presidential election">
1960
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Rutherford_Decker" title="Rutherford Decker">
Decker
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/E._Harold_Munn" title="E. Harold Munn">
Munn
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election" title="1964 United States presidential election">
1964
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/E._Harold_Munn" title="E. Harold Munn">
Munn
</a>
/
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Mark_R._Shaw" title="Mark R. Shaw">
Shaw
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election" title="1968 United States presidential election">
1968
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/E._Harold_Munn" title="E. Harold Munn">
Munn
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Rolland_Fisher" title="Rolland Fisher">
Fisher
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election" title="1972 United States presidential election">
1972
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/E._Harold_Munn" title="E. Harold Munn">
Munn
</a>
/
<a class="new" href="/w/index.php?title=Marshall_E._Uncapher&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Marshall E. Uncapher (page does not exist)">
Uncapher
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election" title="1976 United States presidential election">
1976
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election" title="1980 United States presidential election">
1980
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Bubar_Jr." title="Benjamin Bubar Jr.">
Bubar
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Earl_Dodge" title="Earl Dodge">
Dodge
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election" title="1984 United States presidential election">
1984
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Earl_Dodge" title="Earl Dodge">
Dodge
</a>
/ Martin
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election" title="1988 United States presidential election">
1988
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election" title="1992 United States presidential election">
1992
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Earl_Dodge" title="Earl Dodge">
Dodge
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/George_Ormsby_(politician)" title="George Ormsby (politician)">
Ormsby
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election" title="1996 United States presidential election">
1996
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Earl_Dodge" title="Earl Dodge">
Dodge
</a>
/
<a href="/wiki/Rachel_Bubar_Kelly" title="Rachel Bubar Kelly">
Bubar Kelly
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election" title="2000 United States presidential election">
2000
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Earl_Dodge" title="Earl Dodge">
Dodge
</a>
/
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Dean_Watkins" title="Dean Watkins">
D. Watkins
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election" title="2004 United States presidential election">
2004
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Gene_Amondson" title="Gene Amondson">
Amondson
</a>
/
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Leroy_Pletten" title="Leroy Pletten">
Pletten
</a>
-
<a href="/wiki/Earl_Dodge" title="Earl Dodge">
Dodge
</a>
-
<a class="new" href="/w/index.php?title=Howard_Lydick&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Howard Lydick (page does not exist)">
Lydick
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">
2008
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Gene_Amondson" title="Gene Amondson">
Amondson
</a>
/
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Leroy_Pletten" title="Leroy Pletten">
Pletten
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">
2012
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Jack_Fellure" title="Jack Fellure">
Fellure
</a>
/
<a class="new" href="/w/index.php?title=Toby_Davis_(politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Toby Davis (politician) (page does not exist)">
Davis
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">
2016
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/James_Hedges" title="James Hedges">
Hedges
</a>
/ Bayes
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">
2020
</a>
:
<a href="/wiki/Phil_Collins_(politician)" title="Phil Collins (politician)">
Collins
</a>
/ Parker
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">
2024
</a>
:
<a class="new" href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Wood_(prohibitionist&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Michael Wood (prohibitionist (page does not exist)">
Wood
</a>
/ Pietrowski
</li>
</ul>
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<a href="/wiki/Law_Preservation_Party" title="Law Preservation Party">
Law Preservation Party
</a>
(New York)
</div>
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1872
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1876
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1880
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1884
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Anti-Saloon League
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Alcohol Justice
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Axtell
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Houghton
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<a href="/wiki/Charles_Clayton" title="Charles Clayton">
Clayton
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Piper
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Davis
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Rosecrans
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Henley
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T. Thompson
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<a href="/wiki/John_J._De_Haven" title="John J. De Haven">
De Haven
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<a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Geary" title="Thomas J. Geary">
Geary
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/John_All_Barham" title="John All Barham">
Barham
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<li>
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Coombs
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/James_Gillett" title="James Gillett">
Gillett
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<a href="/wiki/William_F._Englebright" title="William F. Englebright">
W. Englebright
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<a href="/wiki/John_E._Raker" title="John E. Raker">
Raker
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/William_Kent_(American_politician)" title="William Kent (American politician)">
Kent
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Clarence_F._Lea" title="Clarence F. Lea">
Lea
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Hubert_B._Scudder" title="Hubert B. Scudder">
Scudder
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Clem_Miller" title="Clem Miller">
C. Miller
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</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Don_Clausen" title="Don Clausen">
Clausen
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</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Bizz_Johnson" title="Bizz Johnson">
B. Johnson
</a>
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Eugene_A._Chappie" title="Eugene A. Chappie">
Chappie
</a>
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Douglas_H._Bosco" title="Douglas H. Bosco">
Bosco
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Frank_Riggs" title="Frank Riggs">
Riggs
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Daniel_Hamburg" title="Daniel Hamburg">
Hamburg
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Frank_Riggs" title="Frank Riggs">
Riggs
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Mike_Thompson" title="Mike Thompson">
M. Thompson
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Doug_LaMalfa" title="Doug LaMalfa">
LaMalfa
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Higby
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<a href="/wiki/Aaron_A._Sargent" title="Aaron A. Sargent">
Sargent
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<a href="/wiki/Horace_F._Page" title="Horace F. Page">
Page
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/James_Budd" title="James Budd">
Budd
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/James_A._Louttit" title="James A. Louttit">
Louttit
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</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Marion_Biggs" title="Marion Biggs">
Biggs
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Anthony_Caminetti" title="Anthony Caminetti">
Caminetti
</a>
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Grove_L._Johnson" title="Grove L. Johnson">
G. Johnson
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Marion_De_Vries" title="Marion De Vries">
De Vries
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Woods
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Bell
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Duncan_E._McKinlay" title="Duncan E. McKinlay">
McKinlay
</a>
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/William_Kent_(American_politician)" title="William Kent (American politician)">
Kent
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</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/John_E._Raker" title="John E. Raker">
Raker
</a>
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Harry_L._Englebright" title="Harry L. Englebright">
H. Englebright
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Clair_Engle" title="Clair Engle">
Engle
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Bizz_Johnson" title="Bizz Johnson">
B. Johnson
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Don_Clausen" title="Don Clausen">
Clausen
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Eugene_A._Chappie" title="Eugene A. Chappie">
Chappie
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Wally_Herger" title="Wally Herger">
Herger
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Jared_Huffman" title="Jared Huffman">
Huffman
</a>
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3rd district
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Bidwell
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/James_A._Johnson_(California_politician)" title="James A. Johnson (California politician)">
J. A. Johnson
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/John_M._Coghlan" title="John M. Coghlan">
Coghlan
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/John_K._Luttrell" title="John K. Luttrell">
Luttrell
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Campbell_Polson_Berry" title="Campbell Polson Berry">
Berry
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Barclay_Henley" title="Barclay Henley">
Henley
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Joseph_McKenna" title="Joseph McKenna">
McKenna
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Samuel_G._Hilborn" title="Samuel G. Hilborn">
Hilborn
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Warren_B._English" title="Warren B. English">
English
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Samuel_G._Hilborn" title="Samuel G. Hilborn">
Hilborn
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Victor_H._Metcalf" title="Victor H. Metcalf">
Metcalf
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Joseph_R._Knowland" title="Joseph R. Knowland">
Knowland
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Curry" title="Charles F. Curry">
Curry
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Curry_Jr." title="Charles F. Curry Jr.">
Curry Jr.
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Frank_H._Buck" title="Frank H. Buck">
Buck
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/J._Leroy_Johnson" title="J. Leroy Johnson">
J. L. Johnson
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/John_E._Moss" title="John E. Moss">
Moss
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Bob_Matsui" title="Bob Matsui">
B. Matsui
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Vic_Fazio" title="Vic Fazio">
Fazio
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Doug_Ose" title="Doug Ose">
Ose
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Dan_Lungren" title="Dan Lungren">
Lungren
</a>
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/John_Garamendi" title="John Garamendi">
Garamendi
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<li>
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Kiley
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Houghton
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Peter_D._Wigginton" title="Peter D. Wigginton">
Wigginton
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Romualdo_Pacheco" title="Romualdo Pacheco">
Pacheco
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Peter_D._Wigginton" title="Peter D. Wigginton">
Wigginton
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Romualdo_Pacheco" title="Romualdo Pacheco">
Pacheco
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</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pleasant_B._Tully" title="Pleasant B. Tully">
Tully
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/William_W._Morrow" title="William W. Morrow">
Morrow
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/John_T._Cutting" title="John T. Cutting">
Cutting
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/James_G._Maguire" title="James G. Maguire">
Maguire
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Julius_Kahn_(congressman)" title="Julius Kahn (congressman)">
J. Kahn
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Livernash" title="Edward J. Livernash">
Livernash
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Julius_Kahn_(congressman)" title="Julius Kahn (congressman)">
J. Kahn
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Florence_Prag_Kahn" title="Florence Prag Kahn">
F. Kahn
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Franck_R._Havenner" title="Franck R. Havenner">
Havenner
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Thomas_Rolph" title="Thomas Rolph">
Rolph
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Franck_R._Havenner" title="Franck R. Havenner">
Havenner
</a>
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/William_S._Mailliard" title="William S. Mailliard">
Mailliard
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Robert_Leggett" title="Robert Leggett">
Leggett
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Vic_Fazio" title="Vic Fazio">
Fazio
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/John_Doolittle" title="John Doolittle">
Doolittle
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Tom_McClintock" title="Tom McClintock">
McClintock
</a>
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Mike_Thompson" title="Mike Thompson">
M. Thompson
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Felton
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<a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Clunie" title="Thomas J. Clunie">
Clunie
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<a href="/wiki/Eugene_F._Loud" title="Eugene F. Loud">
Loud
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<a href="/wiki/William_J._Wynn" title="William J. Wynn">
Wynn
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<a href="/wiki/Everis_A._Hayes" title="Everis A. Hayes">
Hayes
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<a href="/wiki/John_I._Nolan" title="John I. Nolan">
J. Nolan
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<a href="/wiki/Mae_Nolan" title="Mae Nolan">
M. Nolan
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<a href="/wiki/Lawrence_J._Flaherty" title="Lawrence J. Flaherty">
Flaherty
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<a href="/wiki/Richard_J._Welch" title="Richard J. Welch">
Welch
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/John_F._Shelley" title="John F. Shelley">
Shelley
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Phillip_Burton" title="Phillip Burton">
P. Burton
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/John_Burton_(American_politician)" title="John Burton (American politician)">
J. Burton
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</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Phillip_Burton" title="Phillip Burton">
P. Burton
</a>
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<li>
<a href="/wiki/Sala_Burton" title="Sala Burton">
S. Burton
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">
Pelosi
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</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Bob_Matsui" title="Bob Matsui">
B. Matsui
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Doris_Matsui" title="Doris Matsui">
D. Matsui
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Mike_Thompson" title="Mike Thompson">
M. Thompson
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Tom_McClintock" title="Tom McClintock">
McClintock
</a>
</li>
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6th district
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<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Henry_Markham" title="Henry Markham">
Markham
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/William_Vandever" title="William Vandever">
Vandever
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/William_W._Bowers" title="William W. Bowers">
Bowers
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Marion_Cannon" title="Marion Cannon">
Cannon
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/James_McLachlan_(American_politician)" title="James McLachlan (American politician)">
McLachlan
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Barlow" title="Charles A. Barlow">
Barlow
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Russell_J._Waters" title="Russell J. Waters">
Waters
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/James_McLachlan_(American_politician)" title="James McLachlan (American politician)">
McLachlan
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/James_C._Needham" title="James C. Needham">
Needham
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Joseph_R._Knowland" title="Joseph R. Knowland">
Knowland
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/John_A._Elston" title="John A. Elston">
Elston
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/James_H._MacLafferty" title="James H. MacLafferty">
MacLafferty
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Albert_E._Carter" title="Albert E. Carter">
Carter
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/George_P._Miller" title="George P. Miller">
G. P. Miller
</a>
</li>
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