Description
Includes papers relating to
Alan Cranston's pre-Senatorial career, Senate career, and other political activities; also includes personal papers.
Background
Cranston,
Alan, a Senator from California; born in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif., June 19, 1914; attended the public schools in
Los Altos, Calif., Pomona College, and the University of Mexico; graduated, Stanford University 1936; International News Service,
covering England, Germany, Italy, and Ethiopia 1937-1938; chief, foreign language division, Office of War Information 1940-1944;
enlisted in the United States Army in 1944 and served until the conclusion of the Second World War; national president, United
World Federalists 1949-1952; elected State comptroller of California in 1958, and reelected in 1962; business career in land
investment and home construction; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1968 for the term commencing January
3, 1969; reelected in 1974, 1980, and again in 1986 and served from January 3, 1969 to January 3, 1993; was not a candidate
for reelection in 1992; reprimanded by the Select Committee on Ethics for "improper conduct" on November 20, 1991; Democratic
whip 1977-1991; chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Ninety-fifth, Ninety-sixth, One Hundredth through One Hundred Second
Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1984; was a resident
of Los Altos, Calif., until his death on December 31, 2000; remains were cremated.
Extent
Number of containers: 625 cartons, 1 box, 48 volumes, 3 oversize folders
Linear feet: 800.95 linear feet
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