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Preceded by
  
Party
  
Role
  

Name
  
Gordon Garland

Political party
  
Democratic

Succeeded by
  
Gordon Hickman Garland

Constituency
  
Turlare County and Kings County, California

Profession
  
Legislator, Rancher, Director of DMV, CHP Commissioner, Lobbyist

Died
  
May 20, 1986, Exeter, California, United States

Gordon Garland (May 16, 1898 – May 20, 1986) was a conservative Democratic California state legislator and the 48th Speaker of the California State Assembly. Garland also served as Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles in the 1940s and was also Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol. After leaving state government, he became a lobbyist for the Golden Gate Bridge District, the California Water Association, and the California Chiropractic Association and was widely regarded as an expert on water issues in California. Garland was one of ten legislators that wrote the legislation to create the Central Valley Project.

During his Speakership between 1940 and 1942, Garland was often at odds with Governor Culbert L. Olson, a fellow Democrat. Governor Olson's staff was implicated in an electronic eavesdropping scheme in 1940, when bugging devices were discovered in Garland's hotel room in Sacramento.

References

Gordon Hickman Garland Wikipedia


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