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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | Alan Cranston |
Address | Los Altos, California , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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June 19, 1914
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Died | December 31, 2000
(86 years)
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Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
Last Modifed | RBH Jan 30, 2020 01:16am |
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Caucasian - Divorced - Army - Reprimanded - Christian - Protestant - Straight -
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Info | born in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif., June 19, 1914; attended the public schools in Los Altos, Calif., Pomona College, and the University of Mexico; graduated, Stanford University 1936; International News Service, covering England, Germany, Italy, and Ethiopia 1937-1938; chief, foreign language division, Office of War Information 1940-1944; enlisted in the United States Army in 1944 and served until the conclusion of the Second World War; national president, United World Federalists 1949-1952; elected State comptroller of California in 1958, and reelected in 1962; business career in land investment and home construction; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1968 for the term commencing January 3, 1969; reelected in 1974, 1980, and again in 1986 and served from January 3, 1969 to January 3, 1993; was not a candidate for reelection in 1992; reprimanded by the Select Committee on Ethics for �improper conduct� on November 20, 1991; Democratic whip 1977-1991; chairman, Committee on Veterans� Affairs (Ninety-fifth, Ninety-sixth, One Hundredth through One Hundred Second Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1984; was a resident of Los Altos, Calif., until his death on December 31, 2000; remains were cremated.
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ENDORSEMENTS |
CA District 42 - Special Election - Sep 21, 1999 |
D |
Marta Macias Brown |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 15, 1991 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 02, 1990 |
NPA |
Reject |
US Ambassador to Bahamas - Jul 08, 1989 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Feb 03, 1988 |
R |
Anthony M. Kennedy |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 23, 1987 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 17, 1986 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 17, 1986 |
R |
Antonin Scalia |
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board - Jul 28, 1983 |
NPA |
Reject |
Shall Dianne Feinstein be recalled from the office of Mayor? - Apr 26, 1983 |
NO |
No |
Chicago Mayor - D Primary - Feb 22, 1983 |
D |
Harold Washington |
US Secretary of Energy - Nov 04, 1982 |
NPA |
Reject |
US Ambassador to Chile - Mar 02, 1982 |
NPA |
Reject |
U.S. Surgeon General - Nov 16, 1981 |
NPA |
Reject |
US Ambassador to Romania - Oct 02, 1981 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
R |
Sandra Day O'Connor |
US Secretary of the Interior - Jan 22, 1981 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
R |
John Paul Stevens |
CIA Director - Sep 04, 1973 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 |
D |
Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. |
Nobel Peace Prize - Oct 10, 1971 |
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Elie Wiesel |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 |
R |
Harry Blackmun |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
NPA |
Reject |
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