Gordon Hickman Garland

Gordon Hickman Garland
48th Speaker of the California State Assembly
In office January 1940 – January 1942
Preceded by	Paul Peek
Succeeded by	Charles W. Lyon
Constituency	Turlare County and Kings County, California
Personal details
Born	May 16, 1898 Lebanon, Missouri
Died	May 20, 1986(1986-05-20) (aged 88) Exeter, California
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Legislator, Rancher, Director of DMV, CHP Commissioner, Lobbyist

Gordon Garland (May 16, 1898 – May 20, 1986)^[1] was a conservative Democratic California state legislator and the 48th Speaker of the California State Assembly. ^[2] Garland also served as Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles in the 1940s and was also Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol. After leaving state government, he became a lobbyist for the Golden Gate Bridge District, the California Water Association, and the California Chiropractic Association and was widely regarded as an expert on water issues in California. Garland was one of ten legislators that wrote the legislation to create the Central Valley Project. ^[3]

During his Speakership between 1940 and 1942, Garland was often at odds with Governor Culbert L. Olson, a fellow Democrat. Governor Olson's staff was implicated in an electronic eavesdropping scheme in 1940, when bugging devices were discovered in Garland's hotel room in Sacramento. ^[4]

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ Biographical and career info from 1986 obituary/news article: LA Times, "Famed For Clashes with Governor: Ex-Speaker Gordon Garland Dies at 88," May 24, 1986, p E-7."
3. ^ LA Times, "Famed For Clashes with Governor: Ex Speaker Gordon Garland Dies at 88," May 24, 1986, p E-7."
4. ^ LA Times, "Assembly Opens Probe of Garland Spy Plot," Feb. 22, 1940, p. 1.

Preceded by Paul Peek

Speaker of the California State Assembly January 1940–January 1942

Succeeded by Charles W. Lyon

External links

• [2] California Assembly web page

Persondata
Name	Garland, Gordon
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 16, 1898
Place of birth	Lebanon, Missouri
Date of death	May 20, 1986
Place of death	Exeter, California