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  Poulson, C. Norris
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NameC. Norris Poulson
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Los Angeles, California , United States
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Born July 23, 1895
Died September 25, 1982 (87 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Aug 26, 2023 01:31pm
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InfoCharles Norris Poulson

POULSON, C. Norris, a Representative from California; born and reared on a ranch near Haines, Baker County, Oreg., July 23, 1895; attended the public schools, Oregon State College at Corvallis, and Southwestern University, Los Angeles, Calif., 1923-1925; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1923; became a certified public accountant in 1933; member of the California assembly 1938-1942; delegate to California State Republican conventions on seven occasions; delegate to Republican National Convention, 1956; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; elected in 1946 to the Eightieth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1947, until his resignation on June 11, 1953; elected mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., in 1953 and again in 1957 and served from June 1953 to June 1961; unsuccessful for reelection as mayor in 1961; California State Water Commissioner, June 1963 to April 1969; resided in Tustin, Calif., until his death in Orange, Calif., on September 25, 1982; cremated; ashes buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Baker, Oreg.
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  05/31/1961 Los Angeles Mayor Lost 48.55% (-2.90%)
  04/04/1961 Los Angeles Mayor - Primary Won 39.67% (+12.57%)
  04/02/1957 Los Angeles Mayor Won 60.80% (+33.26%)
  05/26/1953 Los Angeles Mayor Won 53.23% (+6.46%)
  04/07/1953 Los Angeles Mayor - Primary Won 44.06% (+6.93%)
  11/04/1952 CA District 24 Won 87.19% (+74.59%)
  11/07/1950 CA DIstrict 13 Won 84.92% (+69.84%)
  11/02/1948 CA DIstrict 13 Won 52.65% (+5.29%)
  11/05/1946 CA DIstrict 13 Won 51.81% (+3.62%)
  11/07/1944 CA DIstrict 13 Lost 45.04% (-9.92%)
  11/03/1942 CA DIstrict 13 Won 49.49% (+7.08%)
  11/05/1940 CA State Assembly 56 Won 99.64% (+99.28%)
  11/08/1938 CA State Assembly 56 Won 48.09% (+1.76%)
  11/06/1934 CA State Assembly 56 Lost 3.95% (-45.15%)
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