Elcan Heydenfeldt

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Elcan Heydenfeldt

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| office = Member of the California State Assembly from the 6th district

| term_start = April 18th, 1853

| term_end = January 1855

| predecessor = Himself

| successor =

| term_start1 = January 1853

| term_end1 = April 1st, 1853

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 = Himself

| office2 = 2nd President pro tempore of the California State Senate

| term_start2 = January 9, 1851

| term_end2 = January 8, 1852

| predecessor2 = E. Kirby Chamberlain

| successor2 = Benjamin F. Keene

| office3 = Member of the California State Senate from the 6th district

| term_start3 = 1851

| term_end3 = 1853

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1821|9|15}}

| birth_place = Charleston, South Carolina, US

| death_date = {{Death date|1898|2|23}} (age 76)

| death_place = San Francisco, California, US

| party = Whig

| relatives = Solomon Heydenfeldt (brother)

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Elcan Heydenfeldt (September 15, 1821 – February 23, 1898) was an American politician who served in the California State Assembly and California State Senate.

Heydenfeldt was elected to the state senate in 1850, representing San Francisco, and was elected its second president pro tempore. He was then elected to the state assembly's 6th district in 1852, being the first person to go from serving in the state senate to the state assembly.

In 1853, Heydenfeldt and four other assemblymembers all resigned their seats. All but one, including Heydenfeldt, then all ran in the special elections for the vacant seats, and were reelected.{{cite web |last1=Myers |first1=Shane |last2=Vassar |first2=Alex |title=Elcan Heydenfeldt |url=https://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/11002 |website=JoinCalifornia |publisher=JoinCalifornia.com |access-date=19 January 2025}}

California Supreme Court justice Solomon Heydenfeldt is his brother.{{cite news |last1=Sergneri |first1=J |title=AN OLD PIONEER PASSES AWAY |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC18980225.2.67&srpos=10&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- |access-date=19 January 2025 |agency=San Francisco Call |issue=25 February 1898 |publisher=UCR Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research}}

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