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Harry Lutgens

Nonpartisan

Picture of Harry Lutgens
University of California
Date Party Office Votes Result
11-01-1950 Nonpartisan SD-13 7891 Loss
Website: www.archive.org/stream/publishingpoliti00lutgrich#page/n9/mode/2up
 

Candidate Biography:

Harry M. Lutgens
Born: April 4, 1893 in San Francisco, CA
Married: Helen (in the 1910s)
Children: Betty and Judith
Military Service: ARMY (WWII)
Died: October 29, 1968 in San Rafael, CA

1915-1917: Owner and Editor, Sonoma Valley Forum (newspaper)
1917-1920: Owner and Editor, Sebastopol Times
1920-1922: Editor, San Francisco Morning Journal
1922: Secretary of the Campaign Headquarters, Friend Richardson for Governor campaign
1923-1927: Executive Secretary, Governor Friend Richardson
1931-1939: Director, Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District
1939: Director of Institutions, State of California
1940: Delegate, Republican National Convention

Source: Harry Lutgens: Publishing and Politics in California by Edna Tartaul Daniel (UC Berkeley; 1961)
Source: California Blue Book (1938)
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