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Jess : the political career of Jesse Marvin Unruh / Jackson K. Putnam.
Van Pelt Library F866.4.U57 P88 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Putnam, Jackson K., 1929-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Unruh, Jesse, 1922-1987.
- Unruh, Jesse.
- California. Legislature. Assembly.
- Politicians--California--Biography.
- Politicians.
- Legislators--California--Biography.
- Legislators.
- California. Legislature. Assembly--Speakers--Biography.
- California.
- California--Politics and government--1951-.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 454 pages ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2005]
- Summary:
- Jesse Marvin Unruh acquired a national political reputation despite the fact that he never gained office above the California governmental level. He spent sixteen years (1955-1970) in the state legislature, seven of them as assembly speaker. While there he secured passage of moderate-liberal legislation and upgraded the quality of the state legislature to the number one position in the nation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-436) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761830677
- 0761830685
- OCLC:
- 61173571
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