Two candidate profiles at JoinCalifornia.com had duplication errors corrected today; Samuel Knight Based on a tip from Felisa Enriquez, the JoinCalifornia candidate page for Samuel Knight has been split into two; one for Samuel Knight Sr. (who served in the State Assembly in 1853) and one for Samuel Knight Jr. (who served in the […]
2011 Districts added to JC “Redistricting” page
Statewide maps of the Senate, Congressional, and Board of Equalization district maps drawn by the California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission have been added to the Redistricting page on JoinCalifornia. The Assembly district map should be added soon.
The Death of Senator Seaton
One minor mystery from California’s history has been solved. A biographic note written by Winfield J. Davis in his History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 indicated that State Senator George W. Seaton had died October 13, 1865 “in Yosemite”. It was unclear whether the Davis had meant that Seaton died while visiting the Yosemite […]