James "Sunny Jim" Rolph Jr. was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he was elected to a single term as the 27th governor of California from January 6,1931,until his death on June 2,1934,at the height of the Great Depression. Previously,Rolph had been the 30th mayor of San Francisco from January 8,1912,until his resignation to become governor. Rolph remains the longest-serving mayor in San Francisco history.
Union Iron Works,located in San Francisco,California,on the southeast waterfront,was a central business within the large industrial zone of Potrero Point,for four decades at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries.
Albert Edward Carter was an American lawyer and politician who served ten terms as a Republican United States Representative from California from 1925 to 1945.
Phillip Burton was an American politician and attorney who served as a United States representative from California from 1964 until his death in 1983. A Democrat,he was instrumental in creating the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Burton was one of the first members of Congress to acknowledge the need for AIDS research and introduce an AIDS bill. He was the husband of Congresswoman Sala Burton,and brother of California State Senator and Congressman John Burton.
Clement Woodnutt Miller was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1959 to 1962. He was killed in a plane crash during his second term in office.
George Paul Miller was an American veteran of World War I who served 14 terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1945 to 1973.
Kenneth Warren Dyal was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from California from 1965 to 1967.
Lawrence James Flaherty was an American politician who served part of one term as a U.S. Representative from California from 1925 until his death in 1926.
Richard Joseph Welch was a 12-term U.S. Representative from California from 1926 to 1949.
Robert Likens Condon was a U.S. Representative from California from 1953 to 1955. During World War II he served in the United States Army.
Thomas J. Geary was a U.S. Representative from California from 1890 to 1895.
Thomas Marion Eaton served briefly as a U.S. Representative from California in 1939.
Thomas Mankell "Tom" Rees was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1966 to 1977.
James McAndrews was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Noble Jacob Johnson was a United States representative from Indiana and an Associate Judge and Chief Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
Charles Forrest Curry Jr. was a U.S. Representative from California and the son of Charles Forrest Curry.
Charles Forrest Curry was a U.S. Representative from California and the father of Charles Forrest Curry,Jr.
John Zuinglius Anderson was an American farmer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1939 to 1953.
Robert Augustine Thompson was a U.S. Representative from Virginia,father of Thomas Larkin Thompson.
The California Historical Society (CHS) is the official historical society of California. It was founded in 1871,by a group of prominent Californian intellectuals at Santa Clara University. It was officially designated as the Californian state historical society in 1979. Its headquarters are in San Francisco,though it hosts exhibits and collections across California.
