George Christopher

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George Christopher (December 8, 1907 - September 14, 2000) was the 34th mayor of San Francisco, California, serving in that office from January 1956 until January 1964. He was, as of 2005, the last Republican to be elected mayor of San Francisco; all San Francisco mayors since he left office have been Democrats. December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years). ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mayors of San Francisco Categories: Lists of mayors | Mayors of San Francisco ... San Francisco skyline. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the modern United States Republican Party. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major United States political parties. ...

Born George Christophes in Arcadia, Greece, Christopher and his family immigrated to the United States and settled in San Francisco when Christopher was two years old. Christopher began his political career in 1945 when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and he was elected mayor in November 1955, taking office the following January. He was re-elected in 1959 for a second term. Arcadia or Arkadía ( Greek Αρκαδία) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. ... Greece, officaly called the Hellenic Republic (Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία), is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Christopher was instrumental in bringing the New York Giants baseball team to San Francisco in 1958 (where they became the San Francisco Giants) and in securing the funding to build Candlestick Park, which opened in 1960, for the team. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... San Francisco Giants - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Monster Park (colloquially, The Stick, after its original name of Candlestick Park) is an outdoor sports and entertainment arena located in the San Francisco Bay Area. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Mayors of San Francisco Categories: Lists of mayors | Mayors of San Francisco ... John Francis Jack Shelley (September 3, 1905 – September 1, 1974) was the Mayor of San Francisco, California from 1964 to 1967, the first Democrat elected to the office in 50 years, and the first in a string of Democratic mayors that lasts to the present (as of 2005). ...