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December 10, 2011 By Alex Vassar

Assemblyman Lilburn W. Boggs (1796-1860)

Wednesday marks the 215th birthday of Lilburn W. Boggs, who was both a delegate to the first Constitutional Convention (he didn’t attend) and served as an Assemblyman in 1852. What makes Boggs stand out is what he did before joining the legislature. Born in 1796, Boggs was first married at 21, and a Representative in […]

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December 8, 2011 By Alex Vassar

Oropeza Academy opens

Today marks the opening of the Jenny Oropeza Global Studies Academy in Long Beach. The Academy, located at Rancho Dominguez Preparatory School, is named for State Senator Oropeza, who died in office shortly before the 2010 General Election. The official ribbon-cutting will take place at 3:30 pm today.

Filed Under: Current Research, Deaths, State Senate

December 6, 2011 By Alex Vassar

70 Years After Pearl Harbor

Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor that launched the United States into World War II. The war, which killed more than 62 million people, Two legislators, Assemblymen John B. Cooke and G. Delbert Morris, were at Pearl Harbor during the attack. Cooke, a sitting legislator, had been called to […]

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