George C. Cleveland

Candidate Biography:

Born: March 19, 1874 in Skowhegan, Maine
Married: Alma J. Peterson
Military Service: ARMY (Spanish-American War), Canadian Army (WWI)
Died: January 19, 1935 near Watsonville, CA

1919-1921: State Inheritance Tax Appraiser, State of California

• He enlisted in the Canadian Army after the US rejected him because of his age. He served in the Ypres sector of Belgium.
• An incumbent who lost their party primary (in 1932)
• Suicide: Shot himself in the head with a .38 revolver in a rocking chair in his kitchen. "A brother, Charles Cleveland, was accidentally killed six months ago and Cleveland had brooded considerably over the death. It is possible this may have been reason for his act." Source:
• NOTABLE NO VOTE (Child Labor): This legislator was one of 9 Assemblymembers (and twelve legislators total) who voted against AJR 1 (1925) by Frank C. Weller, which provided California's ratification of what was called the Child Labor Amendment, a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution, which would have allowed Congress to regulate child labor. The constitutional amendment was ratified by California, but not by the required number of states and did not become law.

Source: California Blue Book (1932)
Source: "Ends Life in Rocking Chair at Ranch Home," Santa Cruz Sentinel (1/20/1935)