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1903 United States Senate election in California
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The 1903 United States Senate election in California was held on January 13, 1903, by the California State Legislature to elect a U.S. senator (Class 3) to represent the State of California in the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican Senator George Clement Perkins was re-elected to a third term in office, defeating Democratic former San Francisco City Attorney Franklin Knight Lane and Union Labor San Francisco Mayor Eugene Schmitz. 14 January 1903 Perkins elected https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MPE19030114.2.11&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-Perkins+Lane+Schmitz+Senate----1903--- The Riverside Enterprise Riverside 24 October 2024
Results
Election in the SenateThe Journal of the Senate During the Thirty-Fifth Session of the Legislature of the State of California 1903 W. W. Shannon, Superintendent State Printing Sacramento 96 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2988746&seq=106 9 September 2026
George C. Perkins (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 33 84.62%
Franklin Knight Lane Democratic Party (United States) 5 12.82%
Eugene Schmitz Union Labor Party (California) 1 2.56%
39 100.00%
Election in the AssemblyThe Journal of the Assembly During the Thirty-Fifth Session of the Legislature of the State of California 1903 W. W. Shannon, Superintendent State Printing Sacramento 94 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2989784&seq=104 9 September 2026
George C. Perkins (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 58 76.32%
Franklin Knight Lane Democratic Party (United States) 12 15.79%
Eugene Schmitz Union Labor Party (California) 6 7.89%
76 100.00%
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