Harold K. Levering

CA Blue Book

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-02-1948	Republican	AD-60	41425	Win
11-07-1950	Republican	AD-60	40361	Win
11-04-1952	Republican	AD-60	52075	Win
11-02-1954	Republican	AD-60	31723	Win
11-06-1956	Republican	AD-60	48126	Win
11-04-1958	Republican	AD-60	72011	Win
11-08-1960	Republican	AD-60	52477	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: December 20, 1894 in Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Married: Lucy May Dreher (in 1917)
Children: William E., and Jean Levering Losch
Military Service: ARMY (WWI)
Died: September 15, 1967 in Los Angeles, CA

1953: Majority Leader, California State Assembly
1961: Candidate for Assembly Speaker (Lost; 1 to 57)
1962: Campaign Manager, Joseph C. Shell for Governor campaign
1964: Southern California Campaign Manager, Barry Goldwater for President campaign
1964: Delegate, Republican National Convention

• LEGISLATION: Author of the Levering Act (1950). The Levering Act required public employees to declare that "I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any party or organization, political or otherwise, that now advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of the State of California by force or violence or other unlawful means..." The oath requirements set by the Levering Act were overturned by the California Supreme Court in 1967.
   
• Although the Levering Act no longer applies to all state employees, it is still required of elected officials and all public officers. All other employees are only required to declare "I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California"

Source: California Blue Book (1950), (1954), (1961)