Poulson, Norris, 1895-1982

  1. Poulson, Norris, 1895-1982
  2. Detailed View

Name Entries

Information

person

Name Entries *

Poulson, Norris, 1895-1982

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Poulson, Norris, 1895-1982


Cite

Poulson, C. Norris

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Poulson, C. Norris


Cite

Poulson, Norris.

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Poulson, Norris.


Cite

Poulson, Norris, 1895-

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Poulson, Norris, 1895-


Cite

Poulson, Mr. 1895-1982 (Norris),

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Poulson, Mr. 1895-1982 (Norris),


Cite

Poulson, C. Norris, 1895-1982

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Poulson, C. Norris, 1895-1982


Cite

Genders

Exist Dates

Exist Dates - Date Range

1895-07-23

1895-07-23

Birth

1982-09-25

1982-09-25

Death

Show Fuzzy Range Fields

Cite

Biographical History

Charles Norris Poulson was born on July 23, 1895; attended Oregon Agricultural College, 1914-15; farmed 1916-23; moved to Los Angeles in 1923; attended Southwestern Univ., 1923-25; began his own accounting business about 1925, passing the CA CPA examination in 1933; was elected and served in the CA State Assembly (1938-42); first elected to the House of Representatives in 1942; served as mayor of LA (1953-61); served as a member of the CA Water Commission (1965-68); he died on Sept. 25, 1982.

From the description of Papers, 1938-1976. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40352539

Biography

Charles Norris Poulson was born on July 23, 1895; attended Oregon Agricultural College, 1914-15; farmed 1916-23; moved to Los Angeles in 1923; attended Southwestern University, 1923-25; began his own accounting business about 1925, passing the California CPA examination in 1933; was elected and served in the California State Assembly (1938-42); first elected to the House of Representatives in 1942; served as mayor of Los Angeles (1953-61); served as a member of the California Water Commission (1965-68); he died on September 25, 1982.

Chronology

July 23, 1895 Born Charles Norris Poulson, Baker County, Oregon Fall 1913 Attended Oregon Agricultural College Fall 1914 Attended business college in Baker City, Oregon February, 1915 Became accountant for J.F. Bryant, Haines, Oregon December 25, 1916 Married Erna June Loennig 1916 1923 Farmed in Baker County, Oregon Spring 1923 Moved to Los Angeles, California; became a bookkeeper for Square Oil Company ca. 1925 Began accounting business of his own 1933 Passed California CPA examination 1938 Elected to the California State Assembly for the Los Angeles 56th District 1939 Investigated the California Athletic Comm. 1940 Re-elected to the California State Assembly November, 1942 Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for the California 13th District November, 1944 Lost the congressional race for re-election to Ned Healy 1945 State lobbyist for California CPA Association November, 1946 Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives 1948 1950 1952 Re-elected to serve as Representative; served on the House Public Lands Comm. (now the Interior Comm.) December, 1952 May, 1953 Campaigned as Los Angeles mayoralty candidate against Fletcher Bowron May 26, 1953 Elected mayor of Los Angeles July, 1953 Settled the Los Angeles Public Housing issue 1956 Involved in the Los Angeles rubbish issue; served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention for Richard M. Nixon 1957 Was re-elected mayor of Los Angeles 1957 1959 Involved in the Los Angeles Major League Baseball issue September, 1959 Hosted Premier Nikita Khrushchev during his visit to Los Angeles 1961 Lost the mayoralty election to Samuel Yorty 1965 1968 Served as member of the California Water Commission, participating in the California bond issue. 1969 Retired and residing in Tustin, California From the guide to the Norris Poulson Papers, 1938-1976, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)

eng

Latn


Cite

External Related CPF

https://viaf.org/viaf/9434388


Cite

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1752310


Cite

https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no96005289


Cite

https://id.loc.gov/authorities/no96005289


Cite

Other Entity IDs (Same As)

Sources

Loading ...

Resource Relations

Loading ...

Internal CPF Relations

Loading ...

Languages Used

Subjects

Baseball


Cite

Legislators


Cite

Mayor


Cite

Mayors


Cite

Water


Cite

Nationalities

Activities

Occupations

Legislators


Cite

Mayors


Cite

Legal Statuses

Places

California--Los Angeles

as recorded (not vetted)


View GeoPlace

AssociatedPlace


Cite

California--Los Angeles

as recorded (not vetted)


View GeoPlace

AssociatedPlace


Cite

California

as recorded (not vetted)


View GeoPlace

AssociatedPlace


Cite

United States

as recorded (not vetted)


View GeoPlace

AssociatedPlace


Cite

United States

as recorded (not vetted)


View GeoPlace

AssociatedPlace


Cite

Convention Declarations

<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>


Cite

General Contexts

Structure or Genealogies

Mandates

Options

Information
Collection Locations Basic View Similarity Assertions 1 Revision History Source Summary
Visualizations
Connection Graph Radial Graph
Export As
JSON EAC-CPF XML

Identity Constellation Identifier(s)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6df8360

w6df8360

52154969