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Author: W. C. Wolfe, Editor

  RICHARDSON, Friend W.: Governor of the State of California from 1923 to 1927,
was born in Michigan. Came to California at an early age. Educated in the public
schools of San Bernardino, and the college of the same name at San Bernardino.
Engaged in the newspaper publishing business, and for twenty years has served as
President of the California State Press Association. Appointed State Printer by
Governor Hiram Johnson in 1912. Elected State Treasurer in 1915 and served two
terms, resigning in 1923 to enter the Governorship of the state to which he had
been elected. His term of office as chief executive will expire in 1927. The
Governor is a member of the Sutter Club of Sacramento, and the Los Angeles
Athletic Club of Los Angeles. Is a Mason and a Shriner, an Odd Fellow, an Elk,
and a Woodman. He maintains a residence in Berkeley; but his official address is
the State Capitol, Sacramento California.

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Men of California
Western Personalities and their Affiliations
With Club Memberships and Civic Associations

ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF MEN
With Biographs of their Activities

Published by
WESTERN PRESS REPORTER, INC.
San Francisco - Los Angeles


Copyright, 1925, by
W. C. Wolfe, Managing Editor
In Collaboration with Assistants


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