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Much appreciation to Steve McCarthy (of the State Senate) for finding this
Amos Catlin Park in Folsom was named for the early legislator (and member of the State Board of Equalization) whose 50-year political career ranged from the early days of California’s “Wild West” politics, through the reforms of the 1870s to the turn of the century.
Catlin Park has been added to Senator Catlin‘s biography on JoinCalifornia.com
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Only one Medal of Honor awardee has ever been elected to the California Legislature. It was U.S. Navy Captain Willis W. Bradley, who was presented with the Medal during World War I. Bradley later served as Naval Governor of Guam (1929-1931), a Member of Congress from California (1947-1949), before being elected to the Assembly in […]
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