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William E. Hinshaw

Independent

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-08-1910 Republican AD-69 5929 Win
11-08-1932 Independent CD-18 8399 Loss
Website: shhs90755.org/early-oil-history/famous-residents/william-e-hinshaw.html
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: September 22, 1868 in Lynn, Indiana
Married: Dottie Turner (m. ~1892)
Died: March 8, 1947 in Orange Co., CA

Previous: Police Commissioner, City of Long Beach
Previous: Member, Long Beach City Board of Public Works
1913-1917: Member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
1925-1940: Mayor, City of Signal Hill

  • PLACENAME: Hinshaw Park in the Signal Hill is named for Hinshaw, the city's third mayor

Source: California Blue Book (1911)