After the death of President pro tem John Raines near the end of the previous year, it became necessary for the Republican majority to elect a successor.
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President pro tempore of the State Senate John Raines lauded warmly Root's nomination, eulogized the retiring U.S. Senator Platt, and declared war on Governor Charles Evans Hughes's reforms.
Procopio's first reported involvement in banditry came in November 17, 1862 when he was suspected in the murder of a Southern California rancher John Raines (or Rains), on the Rancho Cucamonga.