27th Governor of California and 30th Mayor of San Francisco
For the schooner built in 1899, see James Rolph (ship).
James Rolph
Rolph in 1928
27th Governor of California
In office January 6, 1931 – June 2, 1934
Lieutenant
Frank Merriam
Preceded by
C. C. Young
Succeeded by
Frank Merriam
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office July 26, 1933 – June 2, 1934
Preceded by
John Garland Pollard
Succeeded by
Paul V. McNutt
30th Mayor of San Francisco
In office January 8, 1912 – January 6, 1931
Preceded by
P. H. McCarthy
Succeeded by
Angelo Rossi
Personal details
Born
(1869-08-23)August 23, 1869 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died
June 2, 1934(1934-06-02) (aged 64) Santa Clara County, California, U.S.
Resting place
Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Annie Marshall Reid
Children
3
James "Sunny Jim" Rolph Jr. (August 23, 1869 – June 2, 1934) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected to a single term as the 27th governor of California from January 6, 1931, until his death on June 2, 1934, at the height of the Great Depression. Previously, Rolph had been the 30th mayor of San Francisco from January 8, 1912, until his resignation to become governor. Rolph remains the longest-serving mayor in San Francisco history.
James "Sunny Jim" Rolph Jr. (August 23, 1869 – June 2, 1934) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected to a single...
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Charles Boxton resigned and was succeeded by Edward Robeson Taylor,[b] JamesRolph resigned and was succeeded by Angelo Rossi,[c] George Moscone was assassinated...
THINE 1912 JAMESROLPH JR. MAYOR 1931 The words were written by the previous Mayor Edward Robeson Taylor, and dedicated by Mayor JamesRolph. While plaques...
1930 California gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930. JamesRolph had defeated incumbent governor C. C. Young and former lieutenant governor...
mayor when mayor JamesRolph resigned to become Governor of California in January, 1931. After completing the remaining year of Rolph's term, Rossi was...
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at the height of the Great Depression following the death of Governor JamesRolph, Merriam defeated Democratic nominee Upton Sinclair in the 1934 election...
perpetrator, Henry Hays, was executed by electric chair in 1997, while another, James Knowles, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty and testifying...
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Merriam, who had recently assumed the governorship following the death of JamesRolph, characterized Sinclair's proposal as a step towards communism. Negative...
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sometimes styled one. San Francisco mayor (and later California governor) JamesRolph and Los Angeles mayor Frank L. Shaw sported toothbrushes in the 1920s...
painted a portrait of the then Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia, Sir James Mitchell, for the 1948 Archibald Prize. He won the 1949 Claude Hotchin prize...
and on December 24, 1915, at San Francisco City Hall alongside Mayor JamesRolph. This demonstration was official presentation of the working system,...
on newsreel footage and was an event in which Governor of California JamesRolph refused to intervene. In Walter Van Tilburg Clark's 1940 novel, The Ox-Bow...
dinner that evening to honor Prince Tokugawa's visit; California Governor JamesRolph and former Mayor of Los Angeles John C. Porter planned to attend. Katz...
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had testified to the guilt of a white man in court—and lived. Journalist James Hicks, who worked for the black news wire service, the National Negro Publishers...
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