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Yorty, Sam, 1909-1998

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Personal name headingYorty, Sam, 1909-1998
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Variant(s)Yorty, Samuel William, 1909-
LocatedLos Angeles (Calif.)
Birth date1909-10-01
Death date1998-06-05
Place of birthLincoln (Neb.)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
AffiliationCalifornia. Legislature. Assembly
United States. Army. Air Corps
California. Legislature. Assembly
United States. Congress. House
Los Angeles (Calif.). Office of the Mayor
Profession or occupationLawyers Legislators--United States Mayors
Found inPolitical advocacy and loyalty, c1982: table of contents (Sam Yorty)
WW in Am. politics, 1989-90, c1989: p. 161 (Yorty, Sam; b. Lincoln, Neb., 10-1-1909; mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1961-73)
LC in OCLC, 1-16-91 (hdg.: Yorty, Samuel William, 1909-; usage: Sam Yorty)
Daily news of Los Angeles, June 6, 1998; accessed via Lexis/Nexis WWW site, Aug. 15, 2007 (d. June 5, 1998)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, June 10, 2014 (Yorty, Samuel William (1909-1998); a Representative from California; born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebr., October 1, 1909; attended the public schools of Lincoln, Nebr.; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1927; completed prelegal work and studied law at Southwestern University and La Salle University; also studied at University of Southern California 1946-1950, and extension courses at University of California in 1948; was admitted to the bar in 1939 and commenced the practice of law in Los Angeles, Calif.; member of the State assembly, 1936-1940; served as a captain, Combat Intelligence, United States Air Corps, with service in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands, 1942-1945; again a member of the State assembly in 1949 and 1950; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second and Eighty-third Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1955); was not a candidate for renomination in 1954 but was unsuccessful for election to the United States Senate; unsuccessful for Democratic nomination as United States Senator in 1956; resumed the practice of law; elected mayor of Los Angeles in May 1961 for a four-year term; reelected in 1965 and again in 1969; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1973; returned to the practice of law in Los Angeles; host of a radio and television show; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate in 1980; unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Los Angeles in 1981; died in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 5, 1998)
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