Of the 800+ California state legislators elected to their first terms since 1950, here are some age-related statistics. The big takeaways are… Sebastian Ridley-Thomas was the second-youngest member in 60 years. When Ian Calderon was elected, he was the youngest member since Tom McClintock in 1982. Cindy Montañez was the youngest modern woman to serve […]
Dueling in California (A Legal History)
The delegates who met in Monterey in 1849 to draft California’s first constitution debated the need to limit dueling during the convention. Noting that the formality associated with dueling primarily made it a practice of political elites, delegate William Gwin began to push for the penalty to be (rather than a prison term), a permanent […]
NEW CHART: Legislators by Freshman Class
After getting introductions to two new databases for biographical research (one of which is Moose Roots, a great collection of Census records as well as birth/death records), I started a refresh of the information in JoinCalifornia.com. The refresh included, among other things, updating the list of living and deceased former California legislators. During this update, former Assemblyman Larry Chimbole (Assembly […]
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