Homer R. Spence

Candidate Biography:

Homer Roberts Spence
Born: March 15, 1891 in San Francisco, CA
Married: Frances Davie Horton (m. 1952)
Military Service: (WWI)
Died: July 1, 1973 in Oakland, CA

1925: Speaker pro Tem, California State Assembly
1926: Campaign Director, Yes on Proposition 28 [Redistricting] campaign
1927: Private Secretary, Governor C. C. Young
1927-1930: Justice, Alameda County Superior Court
1930-1944: Judge, 1st District California Court of Appeal
1945-1960: Associate Justice, California Supreme Court

• 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.