LC control no. | no 91007492 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Yorty, Sam, 1909-1998 |
Variant(s) | Yorty, Samuel William, 1909- |
Located | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
Birth date | 1909-10-01 |
Death date | 1998-06-05 |
Place of birth | Lincoln (Neb.) |
Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
Affiliation | California. Legislature. Assembly United States. Army. Air Corps California. Legislature. Assembly United States. Congress. House Los Angeles (Calif.). Office of the Mayor |
Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators--United States Mayors |
Found in | Political 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) |
Associated language | eng |