Q: Which legislator who was San Francisco’s “official disinfector” during the 1900 Bubonic Plague outbreak? A: Assemblyman Fred Hugo Hartmann (1907 Session)
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Q: Which legislator who was San Francisco’s “official disinfector” during the 1900 Bubonic Plague outbreak? A: Assemblyman Fred Hugo Hartmann (1907 Session)
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The only Democrats to serve as Governor of California since the end of World War II were; Jerry Brown (1975-1983, 2011-Present), Jerry Brown’s father (1959-1967), and Jerry Brown’s Chief of Staff (1999-2003).
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Q: When was the last time a write-in candidate won a partisan political office? A: The last write-in candidate to win election was Ron Packard running for Congress in 1982. Write-ins have only been elected six times in the last century.
Q: Who was the highest-ranking California elected official to ever be impeached? A: State Treasurer Henry Bates was impeached in 1857 but resigned before he could be removed from office.