Descriptive Summary
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Contents
Biography
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Descriptive Summary
Title: C. C. Young Newspaper Clippings,
Date (inclusive): 1926-1929
Box Number: 1795-1837
Collector:
Young, Clement Calhoun, 1869-
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Unrestricted.
Conditions of Use
Please credit California State Library.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], C. C. Young Newspaper Clippings, California State Library.
Access Points
Young, Clement Calhoun, 1869-1947
Whitney, Anita, 1897-1955
Governors--California
California--Politics and government
Elections--California
Contents
Newspaper clippings collected by Governor C.C. Young.
Biography
Clement Calhoun Young was born in New Hampshire on April 28, 1869, and moved to
California with his family the following year. He taught at Lowell High School in San
Francisco, serving as head of the English Department and becoming the author of a
textbook on English. In 1902 he married Lyla J. Vincent in San Francisco. He resigned
from school work in 1906 and went into real estate development. He served in the
California State Assembly as speaker and, in 1918, was elected Lieutenant Governor. As a
Republican, he was elected Governor of California in 1926. He had two daughters, Barbara
and Lucy. He died on December 24, 1947 at age 78 in his home in Berkeley.
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