Title supplied by cataloger. Affiliated with the original Progressive Party and later with the Republican Party, C. C. Young (Clement Calhoun Young, 1869-1947), was elected to five consecutive terms to the California State Assembly (1909-1919); then, as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of California (1919-1927); and lastly, as the 26th Governor of California (1927-1931). Young was defeated in the party's 1930 primary election by charismatic San Francisco Mayor, James Rolph. Republican James "Sunny Jim" Rolph, Jr. (1869-1934), served as the 30th Mayor of San Francisco (1912-1931), until his resignation to become the 27th Governor of California (1931-1934). Sadly, Rolph died at the age of 65 - just three years into his Governorship term. He remains the longest serving Mayor in San Francisco history, a position that he held for 18 years. C. C. Young died in 1947 at the age of 77. California Governor C. C. Young (L) and San Francisco Mayor James Rolph, Jr. (R) hold a basket of fruit in 1930. Rolph, known as "Sunny Jim" Rolph for his smiling disposition, was elected governor in 1930 and served until the election of Frank Merriam in 1934.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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