Goodwin Knight
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Goodwin Jess "Goodie" Knight was an American politician and judge who served as the 31st governor of California from 1953 to 1959. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 35th li
Knight c. 1956
H. H. Van Loan and Bozena Grotte are married to each other for a second time by Judge Goodwin Knight, 1935
Governor Knight and President Dwight Eisenhower riding in a motorcade
The 1954 California gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954. Incumbent Republican governor Goodwin Knight, who had ascended to the office after Earl Warren resigned to become Chief Justice
Goodwin Knight
…as Chief Justice of the United States by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Knight assumed the governorship before being elected in his own right in 1954. His tenure as governor was marked by conflicts within his party. He chose not to run for a second full term as governor in 1958 and made an unsuccessful…
Richard Graves 1954 Edit