James Francis Byrnes was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court,as well as in the executive branch,most prominently as the 49th U.S. Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman. Byrnes was also the 104th governor of South Carolina,making him one of the very few politicians to have served in the highest levels of all three branches of the American federal government while also being active in state government.
Scott Wike Lucas was an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives (1935–1939) and the U.S. Senate (1939–1951). He was the Senate Majority Leader from 1949 to 1951.
Culbert Levy Olson was an American lawyer and politician. A Democratic Party member,Olson was involved in Utah and California politics and was elected as the 29th governor of California from 1939 to 1943. He was the first atheist governor of an American state.
Frank Finley Merriam was an American Republican politician who served as the 28th governor of California from June 2,1934,until January 2,1939. Assuming the governorship at the height of the Great Depression following the death of Governor James Rolph,Merriam defeated Democratic nominee Upton Sinclair in the 1934 election. Merriam also served as the State Auditor of Iowa from 1900 to 1903,and served in both the Iowa and California state legislatures.
The politics of the U.S. state of California form part of the politics of the United States. The politics are defined by the Constitution of California.
Elmer Lincoln Irey was a Postal Inspector,United States Treasury Department official and the first Chief of the Internal Revenue Service Intelligence Unit,that would later become Internal Revenue Service,Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Irey led the investigative unit during the federal tax evasion prosecution of Chicago mobster Al Capone.
Seymour Weiss was a prominent hotel executive and civic leader from New Orleans,Louisiana,who was a close confidant of the legendary Huey Pierce Long,Jr. Weiss,the most loyal of the Longites,bore the same last name as the apparent Long assassin,Carl Weiss,M.D.
Arthur Allen Ohnimus (1893–1965) was the longest serving Assembly Chief Clerk in California history (1923–1963). He was also the first Chief Administrative Officer of the Assembly Rules Committee (1957–1963). Ohnimus served under 8 Republican and 4 Democratic Speakers of the Assembly during his 37 cumulative years as Chief Clerk. The California Assembly honored the legacy of Arthur Ohnimus on April 1,2008,when it adopted House Resolution 28. A 10-minute video tribute to Ohnimus was also produced by the Assembly and is now posted online,along with historic documents and informational brochures
The Chief Clerk of the California Assembly is a nonpartisan elected officer of the California State Assembly. The Chief Clerk serves as the chief parliamentarian of the 80-member house. The clerk is also charged with maintaining the records and votes of the Assembly,engrossing and enrolling bills,providing members with analyses of bills on third reading,amending legislation,and publishing the bills,journals,files,and histories of the lower house.
Joseph Allan Beek was the longest-serving Secretary of the Senate in California history (1919–68). The Secretary of the California State Senate is a nonpartisan officer of the Senate who advises the presiding officer and Senators on parliamentary procedures and is the chief recordkeeper of the Senate. The Secretary is elected by majority vote of the Senators for each two-year session.
Jack Carl Greenburg was a Los Angeles attorney who served as Chief Clerk of the California Assembly from 1939 to 1941.
Clio Lloyd was the 27th Chief Clerk of the California Assembly and a Santa Barbara newspaper publisher.
Llewellyn Bell Mallory (1871–1933) was the 28th chief clerk of the California Assembly. He was born in Nebraska on October 23,1871 and educated at Napa Valley College and Stanford University,A.B. 1897. His full-time profession was as a broker in the Bay Area. His business was located in Los Gatos,California. Mallory served as an assistant clerk in the California Assembly in 1909. He was elected for 3 terms as chief clerk,serving from 1911 to 1917.
William Matthew Malone was an American lawyer and political boss who chaired the California Democratic Party during and after World War II.
George Miller Jr. was an American Democratic politician who served as a California State Assemblyman from 1947 to 1949 and a California State Senator from 1949 to 1969. He was a leader of the liberal wing of the California Democratic Party in the early 1950s when the Republican Party dominated state government. Miller was the father of U.S. Representative George Miller III.
Cyril Isaac Magnin was an American businessman from San Francisco,California. He was the chief executive of the Joseph Magnin Co.
Philip Yu-Li Ting is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 19th Assembly District,which encompasses western San Francisco and northwestern San Mateo County. Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012,he was the Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco.
The 2013–2014 session was a session of the California State Legislature. The session first convened on December 3,2012,and adjourned sine die on November 30,2014.
Terrence (Terry) Goggin is an American author,businessman,educator,and politician in the state of California. He was born in Los Angeles CA in 1941 to George T. Goggin,a successful Hollywood lawyer. and Mary Adelaide Hare,a writer and homemaker and personal assistant to California oil baron Edward L. Doheny. He served in the California State Assembly as a Democrat from 1974 to 1985. After leaving State government he attended to his business interests and the practice of law. After he was accused of defrauding investors in a chain of coffee shops,Goggin pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering in December 2019,and was sentenced to one year and one day in prison in February 2021.
