Earl Warren
Republican
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-08-1938 | Republican | Attorney General | 1542847 | Win |
| 11-03-1942 | Republican | Governor | 1275287 | Win |
| 11-05-1946 | Republican | Governor | 2344542 | Win |
| 11-07-1950 | Republican | Governor | 2461754 | Win |
Candidate Biography:
Born: March 19, 1891 in Los Angeles, CA
Married: Nina Elisabeth Palmquist on October 14, 1925
Children: James C., Virginia, Earl Jr., Dorothy, Nina Elizabeth, and Robert
Died: July 9, 1974 in Washington, DC
1919: Clerk of the Judiciary Committee, California State Assembly
1919-1920: Deputy City Attorney, City of Oakland
1920-1925: Deputy Alameda County District Attorney
1925-1938: Alameda County District Attorney
1934-1936 Chairman, Republican Party of California
1936-1938: Member, Republican National Committee from California
1940: President of the National Association of Attorneys General
1944: Candidate for U.S. Presidential Elector (Lost)
1948: Republican Nominee, Vice President of the United States
1952: Primary Candidate for President (Won)*
1953-1969: Chief Justice, US Supreme Court
1963-1964: Chairman, President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (better known as the "Warren Commission")
- 1952 NOTE: Although Warren won the California primary, he didn't win enough states to gain the Republican nomination.
- During Warren's term as Governor, California's population moved from 5th to 2nd largest.
- During his term on the US Supreme Court, Warren was credited with helping to shape the decisions on many landmark cases including Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Reynolds v. Sims (1964), Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), and Miranda v. Arizona (1966).
- State Route 13 in Oakland is nicknamed "Warren Freeway" in honor of Governor Warren, as are the Warren High School (in Downey, CA) and Earl Warren High School (in San Antonio, TX), the Earl Warren Junior High (in Bakersfield), Earl Warren College (UC San Diego), and the Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara (named in 1958).
- The UC Berkeley Law School was the home of the Earl Warren Legal Institute from 1967 to 2005, when it was renamed the Institute for Legal Research. In that same year, 2005, Berkeley Law School opened the new "Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity". Berkeley is also home to Earl Warren Hall.
- Earl Warren was a 2007 Inductee to the California Hall of Fame.
Source: The Centennial of The University of California, 1868-1968