Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-01

reporter of the Assembly for the Union dur
| ing the session of 1S71-72; became assist
| ant local editor of that paper in April, 1872
appointed official shorthand reporter o.
the Courts of Sacramento county in August
1874. and has filled that position ever since
Served for several Years as Chairman of the
Republican City and County Central Com.
mittees. Nominated for the Assembly two
days before the last election to fill n va.
cancy on the ticket, and was elected over II
Vi. LaRue by a majority of676. Is married
politics, Republican.
p. pEvESY
Is Republican, and elected on that ticket
at the last election by majority of $50 tc
| represent the Thirty-tirst Assembly Dis
| trict-a portion of San Francisco. Heis g
years of age, and first saw the light of day
| in Ireland came to New York city while
vet mere lad, and was etucKed at the
James street school. Hecame tc San Fran
cisco in 1S60. In 1861 went to Washoe
where he remained few years. He has
filled quite 4 number of honorable political
positions. has been Deputy County Clerk in
San Francisco for three terms, and also
been member of the School Board in San
Francisco.
CHARLES u. DOUGLAS,
ilC Assembly, illtu from iltc -SeNSllII
Assembly District, San Francisco, was born
in Scotland April 10, 1896 He came to the
United States in 1858. From 1854 to 1855
ne was the greater part ofthe time employed
in the surveys of public lands in Nebraska
and Kansas. In 1858 he crossed the plains
to the Pacific coast, and engaged in mining
in Virginia and Gold Hill, New, until 1861.
when the war of the rebellion called him
and all loyal men to arms for their country.
Captain Douglas raised nearly 100 men in
Nevada, paid for their support from enlist
ment to the time they were mustered into
the service in San Francisco, including
transportation from Carson CITY, altogether
s., coo After the mastering in of himself
and company they were sent north TO Hum
boldt, Cal. He was in command of Fort
Anderson for short time, and in command
OF Fort Castor some months. He was
ordered from Fort Castor 10 Round Valley,
Cal, where he built Fort Wright and
commanded ii for over three years. At
the close of the war his regiment and COM
pany was honorably mustered out in San
Francisco. In April, 1867, Captain Douglas
was appointed by Collector of Customs
General John F. Miller, Inspector of Gus
toms OF the port OF San Francisco, which
Office he has held to the satisfaction of all
to the present time. He has large family,
all born in California. He is elected 10
the Assembly by 125 majority from the
strongest Democratic district in San Fran
cisco, if not the most Democratic in the
State He is the first Republican that ever
received majority in that district.
MAURICE +. DooLING
Is native son of the Golden West. hay
ing been born twenty-f0ur years ago in
Moore's Flat, Nevada county, of this State
He was educated in the public schools,
until 1873 when he attended St Mary $
College in San Francisco, graduating from
that institution i'll June, 1880 with the de
gree OF A. b. The following year he re-
ceived from the same institution the degree
of a. NJ. He was then employed in the
same college as Professor of Latin and
Greek, which position he held for two
wears. In June 1883, he purchased the
Hollister Democrat, weekly newspaper,
published at Hollister, which journal he
edited for five months. Not liking the
newspaper profession, he sold his paper,
and since that time has engaged in the
study of law Mr.. Dooling is unmarried :;
never sought for a political position until
at the last election, when the Democrats of
San Benito county elected him to the AS
sembly by majority of Is.
JOHN F. ELLISON
Was born at Falls Church, Fairfax county,
Virginia, November %, 1858. He was
educated at the University of Virginia,
is a lawyer by profession, and is successfully
engaged il that practice OF the town of Red
Bluff, where he located in November, 1877.
He is married, never held political posi-
ton, until elected by the Republicans of
Tehama county at the last election, to rep
IN A
E.E. EDWARDS,
OF the Seventy eighth Assembly District.
Los Angeles county, residing at Santa
Ana was born in Lawrence county, State
of Indiana, and is 40 wears of age Was
educated at the University at Greencastle,
Indiana. He also attended one winters
lectures at the Albany, New York, law
school. Is an attorncy-at-law by profess
sion. Moved to the State of Iowa in 1855.
During the war of the Rebellion served
two years as lieutenant III the Sixth Iowa
Infantry. Returned home and was elected
and commissioned as Colonel of regi-
ment raised for border service. He served
one term-the winter of IS65-t-in the
State Senate of Iowa. Was two terms
Mayor of Charlton Iowa. He is Il married
man, Republican. and elected from a
strong Democratic district by II majority
Has resided in Los Angeles 1Or the past four
years.
II. c. FIREBAJGH,
At the November election, was elected from
sIe Forty-iirst Assembly District IN San
Francisco by the Republican party by
majority of d. Notwithstanding he had
two opponents, Democrat and Republic
can. lie was born in Logans county. Ohio,
September Il, 1913. When he was but II
years of age his parents removed to Illinois,
where he was reared farmers boy. His
advantages for early education were limit
ed, owing to the sparsely settled condition
of the agricultural section where he resided,
However he managed in late years to sst tor
attend one of the best schools in Ohio and
afterwards graduated from the Michigan
University at Ann Arbor He is Il self-made
man, and paid for his own tuition
by money earned in teaching public schools.
He received a diploma from the Michigan
Law School, and was admitted to practice
III all the Courts of the State OF Illinois.
Came to California in 1863 and located in
HealdShurg, SOnoma county, and entered
the practice of law. Was married in that
town in 1870. In 1876 removed to San
Francisco, where he would have wider
field for the practice of his profession.
His father was a Wing, and Mr. Firebaugh
has ever been Republican.
FRANK FRENCH,
Republican Assemblyman- elect from the
Forty-eighth District, portion of San
Francisco was elected by majority of 30.
He was born in Bangor, Me, on the 11th Of
April. 1873, and attended school in his ma
tive city until he was II years Of age. He
came to California in 1867, and has been in
the grocery business ever since. He is a
married man, and never before has aspired
to public position.
GEORGE GILLETTE GOI-"TrG,
Asseublyman-ele from Mariposa and
MERGED counties, was elected on the Demo-
cratic ticket by majority of -i12. This is
125 more votes than Cleveland received in
the same district, and is evidence OF the
popularity Of Mr.. GOucher at home. He
was born near Parkersbug, West Virginia,
February L. 1855. His parents came to
California while he was an infant lie was
educated in the public schools and COM
tmenced teaching at the age of sixteen, in
Napa county, where he also attended the
Napa College. In 1875 he removed to
Mariposa county and engaged in teaching
school; in May, 1877, was admitted to
practice at the bar, and the same year
elected on the Democratic ticket District
Attorney: was elected to that office three
times. lie was married III 1880.
L. :. GREGORY
Is Democrat. and was elected at the last
election TO represent the county of Amador
in the Assembly by a majority OF about