Ronald Button

CA Blue Book (2000)

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-01-1956	Republican	Treasurer	0	Win
11-04-1958	Republican	Treasurer	2404914	Loss

Candidate Biography:

Albert Ronald Button
Born: August 29, 1903 in Plainview, Nebraska
Married: Gladys McConnell
Children: Richard Ronald, Albert Ronald II, and Barbara
Military Service: ARMY (WWII)
Died: January 31, 1987

1952: President, California Republican Assembly
1953: Chair, Republican State Central Committee
1953-1956: Member, Republican National Committee

• After assuming the office of Treasurer in 1956, Button reportedly thought it was likely that the office would be abolished; "It is my considered opinion that the office of State Treasurer with its present duties and responsibilities does not justify independent constitutional status."
• WWII: Served as a major in the photographic division of the Signal Corps.
• Member of the Bohemian Club.

Source: California Blue Book (1958)
Source: "End of State Treasurer Office Seen by Button", Los Angeles Times (1/6/1957), p. 34
Source: Members of the California Legislature and Other State Officials by the California Teamsters Legislative Council (1957 ed.)