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LEO T. MCCARTHY 1930-2007
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| Last Edited | RMF Feb 06, 2007 12:38am |
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| Category | Obituary |
| Media | Newspaper - San Francisco Chronicle |
| News Date | Tuesday, February 6, 2007 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Leo T. McCarthy, the son of an Irish bar owner who rose to become speaker of the California Assembly for six years and lieutenant governor for a record 12 years, died Monday of a kidney ailment.
McCarthy, 76, died at his San Francisco home with his wife and children present.
A fixture in city and state politics for more than 30 years, McCarthy was elected to the San Francisco's board of supervisors in 1963, won an Assembly seat five years later and became speaker in 1974. He ended his political career in 1994 after three serving three terms as lieutenant governor. He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1988 and 1992. |
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