Hiram Johnson
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Hiram Warren Johnson was an American attorney and politician who served as the 23rd governor of California from 1911 to 1917 and represented California in the U.S. Senate for five terms from 1917 to 1
Johnson, c. 1926
Theodore Roosevelt and Johnson shake hands after their nominations as president and vice president, respectively.
"Refusing to give the lady a seat" Cartoon by Rollin Kirby mocking senators Borah, Lodge, and Johnson for their opposition to the Treaty of Versailles c. 1919–1920
"'Gainst the League, Aint' You, Warren?" Another cartoon by Kirby depicting Johnson coercing presidential candidate Warren G. Harding into opposing the League of Nations, July 26, 1920
James D. Phelan
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James Duval Phelan was an American politician, civic leader, and banker who served as the mayor of San Francisco from 1897 to 1902 and as a U.S. senator from California from 1915 to 1921. As mayor he
Portrait by Harris & Ewing c. 1915–1917
Phelan on the cover of The Wave, April 25, 1891
Phelan as mayor c. 1900
A 1920 re-election campaign pamphlet touting Phelan's white supremacy