Friend William Richardson

CA Blue Book 2000

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-23-1911	Republican	State Printer	0	Win
11-03-1914	Progressive (Bull Moose)	Treasurer	632308	Win
11-05-1918	Republican	Treasurer	479333	Win
11-07-1922	Republican	Governor	576445	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: December 1865 in Friends Colony, Michigan
Died: September 6, 1943 in Berkeley, CA

1891-1896: County Clerk, San Bernardino County
1901-1911: Editor and Publisher, Berkeley Daily Gazette
1902-1943: President, California Press Association
1910: Candidate for Superintendent of State Printing (Lost)
1911: Appointed Superintendent of State Printing
1926: Primary Candidate for Governor (Lost)
1932-1934: Building and Loan Commissioner, State of California
1934-1939: Superintendent of Banks

• VETOES: Governor Richardson set the all-time record for the most vetoes in 1925, when he used the 'pocket veto' to kill 519 of the 999 bills presented to him (51.95%). The pocket veto was eliminated by Proposition 1A in 1966. In the post-pocket veto era, Governor George Deukmejian holds the record for the most bills vetoed in a single year (436 in 1990) and Arnold Schwarzenegger holds the record for vetoing the highest percentage of bills (35.17% in 2008). Source: Peter Detwiler, Senate Local Government Committee
• PLACENAME: The Friend W. Richardson Grove (of redwoods) is located at Richardson Grove State Park.

Source: California Blue Book (1911)
Source: California Blue Book (1924)