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Vehicle Dealer Politicians in California


  Amerigo Bozzani (1883-1964) — of Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Modena, Italy, October 2, 1883. Democrat. Automobile dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936, 1940 (alternate), 1944 (alternate), 1948, 1956. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Americans for Democratic Action. Died in June, 1964 (age 80 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Luis Miller Dunckel (1899-1975) — also known as Miller Dunckel — of Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, Mich. Born in Springfield, Greene County, Mo., February 11, 1899. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; automobile wholesaler; member of Michigan state senate 6th District, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1932; Michigan state treasurer, 1939-40; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1940. Member, Elks; Freemasons; American Legion; Eagles; Moose; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died of pneumonia in 1975 (age about 76 years). Interment at Eternal Hills, Oceanside, Calif.
  Image source: Michigan Manual, 1939
  Thomas Marion Eaton (1896-1939) — also known as Thomas M. Eaton; Tom Eaton — of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Edwardsville, Madison County, Ill., August 3, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; automobile dealer; mayor of Long Beach, Calif., 1936-38; U.S. Representative from California 18th District, 1939; died in office 1939. Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 16, 1939 (age 43 years, 44 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Alfred A. McCandless (b. 1927) — also known as Al McCandless — of Palm Desert, Riverside County, Calif.; Bermuda Dunes, Riverside County, Calif. Born in Brawley, Imperial County, Calif., July 23, 1927. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; automobile and truck dealer; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972; Presidential Elector for California, 1972; candidate for California state assembly, 1975; U.S. Representative from California, 1983-95 (37th District 1983-93, 44th District 1993-95). Protestant. Member, Rotary. Still living as of 2009.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier
  Mike P. McCarthy (b. 1959) — of Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, Calif. Born in 1959. Used car salesman; Independent candidate for Governor of California, 2003. Still living as of 2003.

 

 


 
   
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