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Goodwin Knight

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Goodwin Jess "Goodie" Knight (December 9, 1896 – May 22, 1970) was an American politician who was the 31st Governor of California from 1953 until 1959. [1]

59 relations: Bachelor of Arts, Barbara Graham, Barry Goldwater, Burton Abbott, Business, California, California gubernatorial election, 1954, California Republican Party, Chief Justice of the United States, Clair Engle, Classes of United States Senators, Conservatism, Cornell University, Disneyland, Divorce, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Earl Warren, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Frederick F. Houser, George Murphy, Governor of California, Harold J. Powers, Hollywood, Inglewood, California, Iowa, Jesse Knight, Jimmy Doolittle, Judge, Law, List of Governors of California, List of lieutenant governors of California, List of United States Senators from California, Los Angeles, Manual Arts High School, Moderate, Nelson Rockefeller, Party leaders of the United States Senate, Pat Brown, Politician, President of the United States, Primary election, Provo, Utah, Republican Party (United States), Richard Nixon, Rose Hills Memorial Park, Secondary school, Stanford Chaparral, Stanford University, Superior court, The Jack Benny Program, ..., Trade union, United States Navy, United States Senate, United States Senate elections, 1958, Vice President of the United States, Walt Disney, Whittier, California, William Knowland, World War I. Expand index (9 more) »

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (BA or AB, from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, sciences, or both.

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Barbara Graham

Barbara Graham (June 26, 1923 – June 3, 1955) was an American criminal convicted of murder.

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Barry Goldwater

Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician, businessman, and author who was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona (1953–65, 1969–87) and the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in 1964.

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Burton Abbott

Burton Wilbur Abbott (February 8, 1928 – March 15, 1957) was a University of California at Berkeley accounting student living in Alameda, California, who was tried for the rape and murder of 14-year-old Stephanie Bryan in November 1955.

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Business

Business is the activity of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (goods and services).

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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California gubernatorial election, 1954

The California gubernatorial election, 1954 was held on November 2, 1954.

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California Republican Party

The California Republican Party (CAGOP) is the California affiliate of the United States Republican Party.

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Chief Justice of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and thus the head of the United States federal court system, which functions as the judicial branch of the nation's federal government.

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Clair Engle

Clair Engle (September 21, 1911July 30, 1964) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a United States Senator from California.

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Classes of United States Senators

The three classes of United States Senators are made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats each.

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Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private and statutory Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York.

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Disneyland

Disneyland Park, originally Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17, 1955.

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Divorce

Divorce, also known as dissolution of marriage, is the termination of a marriage or marital union, the canceling or reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Earl Warren

Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was an American jurist and politician who served as the 30th Governor of California (1943–1953) and later the 14th Chief Justice of the United States (1953–1969).

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Fort Dodge, Iowa

Fort Dodge is a city in and the county seat of Webster County, Iowa, United States, along the Des Moines River.

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Frederick F. Houser

Frederick Francis Houser (April 11, 1905 – December 25, 1989) was a California politician and judge.

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George Murphy

George Lloyd Murphy (July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American dancer, actor, and politician.

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Governor of California

The Governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California.

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Harold J. Powers

Harold Jay Powers (October 8, 1900 – October 16, 1996) was the 36th Lieutenant Governor of California, having served from 1953–1959 under fellow liberal Republican Governor Goodwin Knight.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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Inglewood, California

Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California.

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Iowa

Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers to the west.

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Jesse Knight

Jesse Knight (6 September 1845 — 14 March 1921) was one of relatively few Latter-day Saint mining magnates in nineteenth century Western America.

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Jimmy Doolittle

James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American aviation pioneer.

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Judge

A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges.

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Law

Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior.

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List of Governors of California

The Governor of California is the chief executive of the California state government, whose responsibilities include making annual State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced.

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List of lieutenant governors of California

Below is a list of lieutenant governors of the U.S. state of California, 1849 to present.

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List of United States Senators from California

California elects United States Senators to Class 1 and Class 3.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Manual Arts High School

Manual Arts High School is a secondary public school in Los Angeles, California.

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Moderate

Moderate is a general term for people who fall in the center category of the left–right political spectrum.

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Nelson Rockefeller

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st Vice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and previously as the 49th Governor of New York (1959–1973).

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Party leaders of the United States Senate

The Senate Majority and Minority Leaders are two United States Senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate.

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Pat Brown

Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown Sr. (April 21, 1905 – February 16, 1996) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 32nd Governor of California from 1959 to 1967.

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Politician

A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Primary election

A primary election is the process by which the general public can indicate their preference for a candidate in an upcoming general election or by-election, thus narrowing the field of candidates.

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Provo, Utah

Provo is the third-largest city in Utah, United States.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so.

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Rose Hills Memorial Park

Rose Hills Memorial Park is located in Whittier, California.

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Secondary school

A secondary school is both an organization that provides secondary education and the building where this takes place.

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Stanford Chaparral

The Stanford Chaparral (also known as the Chappie) is a humor magazine published by students of Stanford University since 1899.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University, colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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Superior court

In common law systems, a superior court is a court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases.

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The Jack Benny Program

The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio-TV comedy series that ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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United States Senate elections, 1958

The United States Senate elections of 1958 were elections for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second term.

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Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States (informally referred to as VPOTUS, or Veep) is a constitutional officer in the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States as the President of the Senate under Article I, Section 3, Clause 4, of the United States Constitution, as well as the second highest executive branch officer, after the President of the United States.

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Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer.

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Whittier, California

Whittier is a city in Southern California located within Los Angeles County, California.

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William Knowland

William Fife Knowland (June 26, 1908 – February 23, 1974) was an American politician, newspaper publisher, and Republican Party leader.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwin_Knight

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