Thomas C. Lynch

CA Blue Book (2000)

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
08-31-1964	Democratic	Attorney General	0	Win
11-08-1966	Democratic	Attorney General	3375334	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: May 20, 1904 in San Francisco, CA
Married: Virginia Lee Summers (in 1932)
Children: Michael and Kevin
Died: May 29, 1986 in San Francisco, CA

1933-1944: Assistant U.S. Attorney, for Northern District of California
1944-1951: Chief Assistant District Attorney, San Francisco County
1951-1964: District Attorney, San Francisco County
1959-1966: California Disaster Acting Governor #1
1964: Appointed Attorney General by Governor Edmund G. Brown to replace Stanley Mosk.

• FEAR AND LOATHING: As Attorney General, Lynch published a report on the rise of motorcycle gangs, which served as a running theme in the book "Hells Angels" by Hunter Thompson.

Source: California Blue Book (1967)
Source: Hells Angels by Hunter S. Thompson (Random House; 1966)
Source: ag.ca.gov/ag/history/25lynch.php