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C. C. Young

26th Governor, Republican
(1927-1931)

- Short Biography
- Administration
- Personal information
- This Time in California

 

Biography*
Clement Calhoun Young was born in 1869, and began his career as a teacher. His students at Lowell High School in San Francisco nick-named him "C-Square." In 1912, Young was a delegate to the Bull-Moose convention in Chicago. Prior to his election as Governor he served in the State Assembly and as Lt. Governor. It was during his term that it was decided to complete portraits of all statehood governors to hang in the halls of the capitol. However, Young refused "to be done in oils and hung," stating that as long as he was there, a picture of him would be "altogether superfluous." Young established commissions to address the major issues of the day, and worked to add to the state's surplus. His re-election campaign poster read, "Re-Elect C.C. Young - He left $31 million in the treasury." An active member of the Sierra Club, the photography for the poster was done by Ansel Adams.

top Administration under Governor C. C. Young

- Inaugural Address - January 4, 1927

top The Life of Governor C. C. Young

Born
April 28, 1869
Lisbon, New Hampshire

Died
December 24, 1947
Berkeley, California

Family
First Lady: Lyla Jeannette Vincent
Children: 2 daughters

top This Time in California, the Nation, the World
1927 1928 1929 1930 1931
First talking picture produced in Hollywood

California ranked first in U.S. petroleum production

 

St. Francis Dam collapses

First San Francisco to Los Angeles air service

 

  State population - 5,677,251

 

 
Charles A. Lindbergh flies across Atlantic

 

       
         


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