James "Sunny Jim" Rolph Jr. (August 23, 1869 – June 2, 1934) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected to a single...
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San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (redirect from The James "Sunny Jim" Rolph Bridge)
the bridge was unofficially dedicated to former California Governor James Rolph. The bridge has two sections of roughly equal length; the older western...
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Charles Boxton resigned and was succeeded by Edward Robeson Taylor,[b] James Rolph resigned and was succeeded by Angelo Rossi,[c] George Moscone was assassinated...
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James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an African American man who was murdered by three white men, two of whom were avowed white supremacists...
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Sobel 1978, p. 121. "James Rolph". National Governors Association. January 3, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2023. "James Rolph". California State Library...
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was defeated by James Rolph, the charismatic Mayor of San Francisco, in the Republican party's primary election in 1930. Following Rolph's death shortly...
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at the height of the Great Depression following the death of Governor James Rolph, Merriam defeated Democratic nominee Upton Sinclair in the 1934 election...
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Angeles radio station. The killings were tacitly endorsed by Governor James Rolph Jr., who said he would pardon anyone convicted of the lynching. Scores...
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THINE 1912 JAMES ROLPH JR. MAYOR 1931 The words were written by the previous Mayor Edward Robeson Taylor, and dedicated by Mayor James Rolph. While plaques...
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lawyer and politician James Rolph (1869–1934), American politician Jessica Rolph (born 1974), American businesswoman John Rolph (1793–1870), Canadian...
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mayor when mayor James Rolph resigned to become Governor of California in January, 1931. After completing the remaining year of Rolph's term, Rossi was...
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James Earl Chaney (May 30, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) civil rights...
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The James Rolph was a schooner that transported cargo around the United States West Coast and Hawaii. Built near Eureka, California in 1899, the ship...
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waves. The gift was confirmed by an act, signed by California Governor James Rolph, Jr. in 1931. The Children's Pool has become the subject of a debate...
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Francisco. Reform-minded businessmen chose James Rolph Jr., known as "Sunny Jim", to run against him. Rolph won and the ULP faded from the scene. McCarthy...
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wing in 1925 and the main building was dedicated by San Francisco mayor James Rolph on June 12, 1927. Originally, girls and boys had separate courtyards...
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Lynching of Michael Donald (redirect from James Knowles (murderer))
perpetrator, Henry Hays, was executed by electric chair in 1997, while another, James Knowles, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty and testifying...
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Temple Graves John Trotwood Moore John T. Morgan James Rolph Goodloe Sutton Benjamin Tillman James K. Vardaman Thomas E. Watson Memory America's Black...
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- Dr. C.D. Lockwood 1928 - John McDonald 1929 - Marco Hellman 1930 - James Rolph 1931 - Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth 1932 - William May Garland 1933 - Mary...
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William Stephens had defeated James Rolph for the Republican nomination and won the general election in a landslide after Rolph was denied the Democratic...
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State Senate Jimmy Rolfe (born 1932), former professional footballer James Rolph (1869–1934), 27th governor of California and Mayor of San Francisco This...
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Perspectives. Loewen, James William (2009). "Sundown Towns and Counties: Racial Exclusion in the South". Southern Cultures. Loewen, James William (November...
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Francisco Genealogy. Obits. "Hs - Hz". Retrieved on July 21, 2009. Thorpe, James Ernest. Henry Edwards Huntington: a biography, University of California...
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sometimes styled one. San Francisco mayor (and later California governor) James Rolph and Los Angeles mayor Frank L. Shaw sported toothbrushes in the 1920s...
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ousting incumbent C. C. Young in the primary, Mayor of San Francisco James Rolph proceeded to win a landslide over Democratic nominee Milton K. Young...
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on newsreel footage and was an event in which Governor of California James Rolph refused to intervene. In Walter Van Tilburg Clark's 1940 novel, The Ox-Bow...
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Temple Graves John Trotwood Moore John T. Morgan James Rolph Goodloe Sutton Benjamin Tillman James K. Vardaman Thomas E. Watson Memory America's Black...
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William "Froggie" James, an African-American man, was lynched and his dead body mutilated on November 11, 1909 by a mob in Cairo, Illinois, after he was...
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dinner that evening to honor Prince Tokugawa's visit; California Governor James Rolph and former Mayor of Los Angeles John C. Porter planned to attend. Katz...
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James Joseph Reeb (January 1, 1927 – March 11, 1965) was an American Unitarian Universalist minister, pastor, and activist during the civil rights movement...
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