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By Alex Vassar
We got news today that former California Congressman Jim Lloyd died in January. Lloyd, who represented parts of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties in the late 1970s, died while driving his car near Pensacola, Florida.
LINK: Stanford Daily article
Q: How often do Lt. Governors become Governor through the resignation or death of the incumbent? A: It has happened three times in the last century, following the resignations of Earl Warren (1953) and Hiram Johnson (1917) and the death of James Rolph (1934).
