Sheridan Downey

CA Blue Book (1950)

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-06-1934	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor	1002832	Loss
11-08-1938	Democratic	Senate3	1372314	Win
11-07-1944	Democratic	Senate3	1728155	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: March 11, 1884 in Laramie, Wyoming Territory [now Wyoming]
Married: Helen Symons
Children: Five
Family: Brother of Stephen W. Downey
Died: October 25, 1961 in San Francisco, CA

1950: Resigned from the United States Senate on November 30.

• Resigned due to ill health.
• Downey's grandson, Sheridan Downey III, was appointed to the Fair Political Practices Commission by Attorney General Bill Lockyer. His term was 2001-2005.
• PUBLISHED: Downey wrote a number of books including Onward America (1933), Pensions or Penury? (1939), and They Would Rule the Valley (1947).

Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]