Hiram Johnson | American politician | Britannica

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Hiram Johnson, (born Sept. 2, 1866, Sacramento, Calif., U.S.—died Aug. 6, 1945, Bethesda, Md.), reform governor of California (1911–17) and a U.S. senator for 28 years (1917–45), a Progressive Republican and later a staunch isolationist.

List of governors of California - Wikipedia

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1978 California Proposition 13 - Wikipedia

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Debra Deanne Olson on One of California’s Most Progressive …

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And Upton Sinclair, a very famous author and so forth, and progressive, was the leader of that movement, and it was part of a general progressive movement throughout the country. He lost, Upton Sinclair lost his race for governor, but Debra’s grandfather Culbert Olson worked in that campaign.

The Fifty Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century

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Progressive Era: 1890–1920s: Progressive Political Reform

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While Governor Johnson did not openly endorse the Amendment that would grant suffrage, he did help get it on the ballot. It passed by 3,587 votes. Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson all promoted political, …

List of California Governors

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Ronald Reagan (1967-1975) 34. Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown (1975-1983) 35. George Deukmejian (1983-1991) 36. Pete Wilson (1991-1999) 37. Gray Davis (1999-2003)

Newsom recall deflates progressive dreams - POLITICO

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He was toppled by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the action movie star who went on to serve two terms as governor — the last Republican to hold that office in California.

The Most Popular and Least Popular Governors - US …

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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is the most-liked governor in America, followed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu. The Republicans had 73%, 70% and …

2021 In California Revealed The Failures Of Progressive Elites …

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But Newsom managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat at the eleventh hour, with a political war chest of $40 million to finance ads that did not tout Newsom’s accomplishments but rather applied the tried-and-true election strategy of scaring voters about the other guy.