23rd California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
In office 1971–1983
Governor
Ronald Reagan (1971–1975) Jerry Brown (1975–1983)
Preceded by
Max Rafferty
Succeeded by
Bill Honig
Personal details
Born
(1917-06-27)June 27, 1917 Alexandria, Louisiana
Died
April 1, 1999(1999-04-01) (aged 81) Sacramento, California
Resting place
Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum
Sacramento, California
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Mary Louise Phillips
Profession
Educator
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1940–1945
Unit
United States Army Air Forces
Battles/wars
World War II
Wilson Camanza Riles Sr. (June 27, 1917 – April 1, 1999) was an American educator and politician from California. He was the first African American to be elected to statewide office in California.
Rafferty. Riles was elected to a second term in 1974 and a third term in 1978. In 1982 he lost his bid for a fourth term to Louis "Bill" Honig. Riles was the...
for a third term as Superintendent of Public Instruction, losing to WilsonRiles, the first African-American to be elected to statewide office in California...
to win statewide office in California following former Superintendent WilsonRiles, former Lieutenant Governor Mervyn Dymally, and former Attorney General...
feature film "Once" (1974). For the US Information Agency, he produced WIlsonRiles (1972) about the superintendent of public instruction in the state of...
of Henry) at Riles's murder trial. In 1978, Riles was retried, resulting in another capital murder conviction and death sentence. Riles received execution...
second African-American to hold statewide office in California, following WilsonRiles who served as California Superintendent of Public Instruction starting...
A chief critique of Brown made by Riles was that the incumbent mayor was too cozy with downtown developers. Riles, ultimately, performed stronger than...
director Wilson Raj Perumal (born 1965), Singaporean match-fixer and bookmaker Wilson Pickett (1941–2006), American singer and songwriter WilsonRiles (1917–1999)...
campaign, Wilson signed on as Press Secretary to Dr. WilsonRiles' try at a fourth term as State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Riles lost. In 1984...
reasonable, always accessible, and they made and kept bargains." Perhaps WilsonRiles [Superintendent of Education] summed up Reagan best with this analysis:...
1907, Chief Wilson reorganized the Detective Bureau and detectives became known as Inspectors, a title borrowed from Scotland Yard. Chief Wilson concurrently...
(D) 1970 H. P. Sullivan (R) 1971 Evelle J. Younger (R) Jerry Brown (D) WilsonRiles (NP/D) 21D, 19R 43D, 37R John V. Tunney (D) 20D, 18R 1972 1973 20D, 20R...
adviser to the California state Superintendent of Public Instruction WilsonRiles. She advocated for a phonics based approach to reading instruction in...
1937 Roy E. Simpson NP November 13, 1945 Max Rafferty R January 7, 1963 WilsonRiles D January 4, 1971 Bill Honig NP January 3, 1983 David Dawson (acting...
election, 2002 Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan Jerry Brown (incumbent) 42,892 63.54 Nonpartisan WilsonRiles, Jr. 24,611 36.46 Total votes 67,503 100%...
volunteering for WilsonRiles in his campaign for CA State Superintendent of Public Instruction, while in high school in 1970. Riles was the first African-American...
schools (Center High School and McClellan High School), one middle school (WilsonRiles Middle School), and four elementary schools (Dudley Elementary, North...
Park with her daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren. Rosa Washington Riles became the third face on Aunt Jemima packaging in the 1930s, and continued...
Rajaram, 68, Indian author. George Rapée, 83, American bridge player. WilsonRiles, 81, American educator and politician. Jesse Stone, 97, American R&B...