1961–1981
William Arthur Munnell (October 9,1920 –March 1,2013) [1] was an American politician who served in the California State Assembly for the 51st district from 1951 to 1961 [2] and during World War II he served in the United States Army. [3] While serving in the California State Assembly he was at one point the minority and the majority leader for the Democratic Party. He also served on the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 1961 until 1985.
Henry Middleton was a planter,public official from South Carolina. A member of the colonial legislature,during the American Revolution he attended the First Continental Congress and served as that body's president for four days in 1774 after the passage of the Continental Association,which he signed. He left the Second Continental Congress before it declared independence. Back in South Carolina,he served as president of the provincial congress and senator in the newly created state government. After his capture by the British in 1780,he accepted defeat and returned to the status of a British subject until the end of the war.
Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967. His first elected office was as district attorney for San Francisco,and he was later elected Attorney General of California in 1950,before becoming the state's governor after the 1958 California gubernatorial election.
William Irwin was an American politician from the Democratic Party who served as the 13th governor of California between 1875 and 1880. He previously served as acting lieutenant governor for nine months in 1875.
Ulysses Simpson Grant III was a United States Army officer and planner. He was the son of Frederick Dent Grant,and the grandson of General of the Army and American President Ulysses S. Grant.
William Paul Peek was an American attorney,Democratic politician and jurist. Peek practiced law in southern California prior to his election in 1936 to the California Assembly,where he served as Speaker during the 1939 session. He was appointed Secretary of State in 1940 and then to the Court of Appeal,in December 1942,where he served for 20 years. In 1962,Governor Pat Brown appointed Peek to the California Supreme Court. Justice Peek retired from the bench in 1966,but continued to work as a consulting attorney and teacher. He died in Sacramento.
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
James Driscoll was the 34th Chief Clerk of California Assembly. Driscoll was the first Chief Clerk to serve the state's Assembly after the legislature became full-time in 1966. During his career as the nonpartisan clerk,he served under 4 Democratic and 1 Republican Speakers.
Alicia Haydock Munnell is an American economist who is the Peter F. Drucker Professor of Management Sciences at Boston College's Carroll School of Management. Educated at Wellesley College,Boston University,and Harvard University,Munnell spent 20 years as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston,where she researched wealth,savings,and retirement among American workers. She served in the Bill Clinton administration as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers. Since 1997 she has been a professor at Boston College and director of its Center for Retirement Research,where she writes on retirement income policy.
Thomas Jamison MacBride was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Evan Low is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 26th Assembly District,which encompasses parts of Silicon Valley,including Cupertino,Sunnyvale,Santa Clara and portions of northern and western San Jose. He is a member of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus,and currently serves as Chair of the California Asian American &Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus.
William DeWitt Alexander was an educator,author and linguist in the Kingdom of Hawaii and Republic of Hawaii. He then constructed maps for the Territory of Hawaii.
William Arthur Johnstone served in the California legislature in 1902,1904,1912 and 1914. He served as Speaker pro Tem of the California Assembly during the 1914 term,and was listed as a Republican. William A. Johnstone ran for re-election to the California Assembly in District 68 as a Progressive in 1915,and lost to L. L. Lostutter (Republican). Three other candidates received smaller numbers of votes. The California Outlook confirms his nomination as a Progressive for that district. He authored the State Water Commission Act which was signed into law on 19 December 1914. He was appointed to the California State Water Commission 17 March 1915 and later headed the Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission.
Hemen "H. C." Cardwell was a pioneer settler in California who served in the Mexican–American War,served as Zanjero of Los Angeles,was a major contributor to early California business and agriculture,and served in the first California State Assembly in 1849–1850.
John Arthur Arguelles was an American attorney and associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from March 18,1987,to March 1,1989. Arguelles was the second Latino to serve on California's high court and was one of the founding members of the Mexican American Bar Association of Los Angeles.
The 1971 San Diego mayoral election was held on November 2,1971 to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent Frank Curran stood for reelection for a third term. California State Assembly member Pete Wilson and former San Diego City Attorney Ed Butler received the most votes in the primary and advanced to the runoff. Wilson was then elected mayor with a majority of the votes.
William Roy Sanderson was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1967. In 1961 he had organised the first meeting between a moderator and the pope. He was chaplain in ordinary to Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland.
Richard McArthur is a Republican member of the Nevada Assembly. First elected in 2008,he was defeated in his 2012 primary bid for the Nevada Senate,but he regained his Assembly seat in 2016. McArthur represents the 4th district,which covers parts of the northwestern Las Vegas Valley.
Arthur Hathaway Hewitt was an American politician,lawyer,clerk,teacher,and undersheriff who served as the Speaker of the California State Assembly from January to December 1911.
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