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Brown succeeded Republican governor Ronald Reagan, who retired after two terms. Jerry Brown selected two frugal 1974 Plymouth Satellites from the state motor pool for his use in Northern California and Southern California. This is one of them, on display at the California Automobile Museum.
Dec 28, 2018 · — 1974: Jerry Brown, a Democrat, wins the governorship against Republican Houston Flournoy, the state treasurer, after Reagan decided not to seek a third term. At 36, Brown is California’s youngest governor in more than a century.
Sep 20, 2024 · By the late 1960s Brown was living in Los Angeles and working for the law firm Tuttle & Taylor. He was elected to the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees in 1969, and the following year he was elected secretary of state for California.
- Melissa Albert
Aug 29, 2023 · He’s lived through two very different political eras. He’s done deals in smoke-filled rooms and lived to see the age of 24/7 social media. Over the course of his career, politics, culture and...
- Marina Zenovich
Apr 18, 1992 · Brown lived the life of a liberal activist. he traveled around the South observing the civil rights movement and helped organize the coalition of Vietnam doves that backed former...
Experience the political and personal journey of Jerry Brown, the longest serving governor in California history. First elected at 36 years old and again at 72, explore Brown’s 50-year career...
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May 8, 2020 · Brown left his footprints on the cities, suburbs, coasts, rugged uplands and arid deserts of California during a lifetime in public office. So much of his story is known — so much of it has been...
