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February 12, 2021 By Alex Vassar

NEW BOOK: California Lawmaker 2021

From confrontations in the tense years before the Civil War to the recent work to help the state through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, California’s legislature and the people who have served in it have an amazing and rich history. Updated through the start of the legislature’s 94th session (2021-22 Regular Session), “California Lawmaker” is a […]

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March 15, 2020 By Alex Vassar

NEW BOOK: Freedom by State Senator Nelson S. Dilworth

New available on Amazon.com is Freedom: Reflections on What Makes America Great from a Veteran of World War I by State Senator Nelson S. Dilworth. Dilworth had a varied career, including time as a rancher, a newspaper publisher, and lawmaker. After serving as the publisher of the Coachella Valley News, Dilworth enlisted in the U.S. Army […]

Filed Under: Current Research, From the Archive, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories

June 10, 2019 By Alex Vassar

A Tale of Two Tibbits

The List of Assemblymembers lists a J. H. Tibbits who represented Shasta, Modoc, and Lassen counties in 1911, and a separate James H. Tibbits who represented Amador County in 1895. In the “Great Register of Amador County for 1894,” we learn on line 2686 (on page 36) that James H. Tibbits was a 36 years […]

Filed Under: Current Research, State Assembly, Top Stories Tagged With: Amador, california legislature, Redding, State Assembly

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