Harold J. Powers
Republican
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-08-1932 | Republican | SD-01 | 6977 | Win |
| 11-03-1936 | Republican | SD-01 | 7552 | Win |
| 11-05-1940 | Republican | SD-01 | 10508 | Win |
| 11-07-1944 | Republican | SD-01 | 8889 | Win |
| 11-02-1948 | Republican | SD-01 | 10464 | Win |
| 11-04-1952 | Republican | SD-01 | 13367 | Win |
| 10-05-1953 | Republican | Lieutenant Governor | 0 | Win |
| 11-02-1954 | Republican | Lieutenant Governor | 2185918 | Win |
| 11-04-1958 | Republican | Lieutenant Governor | 2536396 | Loss |
Candidate Biography:
Born: October 8, 1900 in Eagleville, CA
Married: Marie Street (in 1925)*
Children: Franklin J. and Jane
Family: Son of F. J. Powers
Military Service: ARMY (WWI)
Died: October 1996
1925-1932: Minute Clerk, California State Senate
1947-1953: President pro Tempore, California State Senate
1948: Delegate, Republican National Convention
1952: Delegate, Republican National Convention
1953: Resigned from the State Senate on October 5.
- An article about their wedding noted that their "wedding is the culmination of a youthful romance, began during the couple’ school days in Modoc County."
- OUCH: Powers was seriously injured on May 14, 1949 "when his car struck a boulder on a road east of [Alturas] and overturned... he suffered chest and shoulder injuries, broken ribs and a punctured lung." ("State Legislator Injured in Crash" by UPI, Los Angeles Times, 5/15/1949)
Source: California Blue Book (1932), (1938), (1954)
Source: Source: "POWERS/STREET--MARRIED IN SAN FRANCISCO", Surpise Valley Record (Cedarville, Modoc County), (3/3/1925). Transcribed by Billie Reynolds.