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Inventory of the Senator James A. Cobey Papers
LP82; LP83; LP84; LP85; LP86; LP87; LP88
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Title: Senator James A. Cobey Papers
Inventory: LP82; LP83; LP84; LP85; LP86; LP87; LP88
Creator:
Cobey, James A., Senator
Extent:
See Arrangement and Description
Repository:
California State Archives
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
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[Identification of item], Senator James A. Cobey Papers, LP82; LP83; LP84; LP85; LP86; LP87; LP88, California State Archives.
James A. Cobey was first elected to the State Senate in 1954 from the 24th Senatorial District representing the counties of
Madera and Merced. A Democrat, Cobey has specialized in the fields of agriculture, judicial process, fiscal legislation, water,
and welfare. He was a Senatorial member of the California Law Revision Commission and first winner of the national Legislative
Leaders Golden Gavel award, June 1962. Cobey lost a bid for relection in November, 1966, in the reapportioned 15th Senatorial
District. Following the defeat Governor Edmund G. Brown appointed Cobey as Associate Justice to the 2nd Appellate Court, Los
Angeles.