Frank Merriam
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Frank Finley Merriam was an American Republican politician who served as the 28th governor of California from June 2, 1934, until January 2, 1939. Assuming the governorship at the height of the Great
Merriam c. 1934–1938
Advertisement from Merriam's 1934 campaign for Governor of California
Merriam speaking at an Easter service, 1936
Culbert Olson
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Culbert Levy Olson was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 29th governor of California from 1939 to 1943. A member of the Democratic Party, Olson was previously elected to both the Uta
Frank Merriam
…his troubled relationship with labor unions and the squelching of the Longshore Strike. In the primaries, the Democratic Party nominated State Senator Culbert Olson, a former EPIC and Upton Sinclair supporter as well as an unabashed supporter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Republicans, meanwhile…
Olson in 1935
Olson c. 1914
"Migratory field worker, leader of the cotton strike of October 1938, which took place just before the election. Kern County, California." (Photo: Dorothea Lange)
Olson takes the oath of office with his hand in his pocket, January 2, 1939