Milton Marks

Milton Marks

Milton Marks, Jr. (July 22, 1920 – December 4, 1998) was a California politician who served in the California State Assembly and California State Senate, as both a Republican and a Democrat,[1] representing San Francisco for 38 years.[2]

Born in San Francisco, Marks attended the city's Alamo Grammar School and the Galileo High School, where he participated in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. After graduating from Galileo as valedictorian of the class of 1937, Marks went on to earne an A.B. from Stanford University in 1941, where he had been part of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Marks went on to the UC Berkeley School of Law and was studying with a friend, future federal judge Milton Lewis Schwartz, at International House Berkeley during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Less than a month after the attack, Marks reported to Fort Ord as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. Serving in the Pacific Theater of Operations, including the Philippines Campaign (1944–45), he was the Assistant Defense Counsel for the Court of the Eighth United States Army during the Occupation of Japan. After completing his Army service as a Major, Marks returned to the UC Berkeley Law School but eventually transferred, graduating from San Francisco Law School in 1949.[3]

Marks first ran unsuccessfully for the State Assembly in 1954 as a Republican. He was elected in 1958 as a Republican to the Assembly, serving until 1966, when he was named a city judge. When a vacancy occurred in a State Senate seat in 1967, he ran in and won the special election as a Republican, defeating Democrat Assemblyman John L. Burton, who was the younger brother of powerful Democratic Congressman Phil Burton, head of the San Francisco political machine. While still a Republican, Marks made an unsuccessful run for Congress in 1982 to unseat Phil Burton, losing by a margin of 58%-40%. Burton died unexpectedly of an aneurysm five months after the election at the age of 56 and was succeeded by Sala Burton, who would serve in the seat until her death less than four years later when she was succeeded by Nancy Pelosi, a longtime Burton family friend.

He served in the Senate as a Republican until 1988, when he won re-election as a Democrat. He won his last Senate term as a Democrat in 1992; term limits forced his retirement in 1996.

Marks and his wife, Carolene, had three children: Milton Marks III, who is a board member of City College of San Francisco, Caro Marks, a Federal Defender in Sacramento, and Edward David Marks, an attorney practicing in the Bay Area.

References

  1. ^ Milton Marks (obituary), San Francisco Chronicle, December 5, 1998
  2. ^ Little Hoover Commission Web site, Government of the State of California
  3. ^ "Oral History Interview with Milton Marks". California State Archives, California Secretary of State. February 28, 1996. http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/oral-history/pdf/marks-1.pdf. Retrieved February 28, 2011. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Caspar Weinberger
California State Assemblyman
21st District

December 7, 1959 – November 30, 1966
Succeeded by
Gordon W. Duffy
Preceded by
John C. Bogovich
California State Senator
9th District

August 1967 – November 30, 1976
Succeeded by
Nicholas C. Petris
Preceded by
Albert S. Rodda
California State Senator
5th District

December 6, 1976 – November 30, 1984
Succeeded by
John Garamendi
Preceded by
John Doolittle
California State Senator
3rd District

December 3, 1984 – November 30, 1996
Succeeded by
John L. Burton

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