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Philip L. Boyd

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-07-1944 Republican AD-76 31172 Win
11-05-1946 Republican AD-76 30162 Win
Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_L._Boyd
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: October 8, 1900 in Richmond, Indiana
Married: Dorothy B. Marmon (m. 1926)
Children: Four
Died: September 9, 1989 in Rancho Mirage, CA

1938-1942: Mayor, City of Palm Springs
1957-1970: Member, Regents of the University of California

  • First Mayor of Palm Springs
  • The Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center has been part of the University of California Natural Reserve System since 1958. The land was donated to the University of California by Boyd (who was serving as a UC Regent).

Source: California Blue Book (1946)