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Gerald C. Kepple

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-03-1936 Republican AD-50 11831 Win
11-08-1938 Republican AD-50 20363 Win
11-05-1940 Republican AD-50 19925 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: February 5, 1900 in Indiana
Married: Marion M. Morgan
Children: Three
Died: April 5, 1971

1939: Minority Leader, California State Assembly*
1944-1947: Member, California State Social Welfare Board
1947-1950s: Member, California Youth Authority
1950s-1960: Judge, Los Angeles County Municipal Court

  • Kepple referred to the office as "Chair of the Republican group in the Assembly" in a 1939 letter to Nelson Dilworth (Source: Boxes Folder 22B)

Source: California Blue Book (1938)