Earl Smittcamp, a long-time farmer who spent nearly 50 years in the line of succession to California’s Governor, died today. Governor Reagan appointed Smittcamp as Disaster Acting Governor #6 in 1967, placing him 14th in the line of succession after California’s statewide elected officials and the five Disaster Acting Governors ahead of him. As […]
Updated: Death of H. J. Widenmann
Updated candidate biography for Assemblyman H. J. Widenmann to note that he died on October 3, 1918 in Vallejo, CA.
Those we lost in 2013
We lost some legends this year. Bill Munnell was a member of the Cold War-era Assembly Doomsday Committee. Newt Russell was one of the very last legislators who set such a high value on following the Legislature’s rules that he wouldn’t allow them to be broken in the name of expediency. Nick Petris authored the […]
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