Assemblyman Steven Bradford adjourned the Assembly today in memory of former State Senator Ed Vincent. Vincent, who played for the Los Angeles Rams in 1956, served in the Senate until 2008.
Denver and Gilbert at 160: Locating the Site of the Duel
Thursday marks the 160th anniversary of the most important duels in California history. Unlike the Terry-Broderick Duel (the cause of which was more a personal dispute), the Denver-Gilbert Duel was strictly political. The two combatants, State Senator James W. Denver and former Congressman Edward Gilbert, were two well-known figures at the time. Gilbert had been […]
Congressman Bell (1903-1905)
Another tidbit we stumbled on recently was the death of Congressman Theodore A. Bell. Bell’s biography on the Bioguide website notes that “was accidentally killed near San Rafael, Marin County, Calif., September 4, 1922”. Far too interesting to pass up. A quick search revealed that Bell had died when the vehicle he was driving near […]
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