Goodwin Jess Knight (December 9, 1896 - May 22, 1970) was a U.S. politician who was the 31st Governor of California from 1953 until 1959. Image File history File links California Governor Goodwin Knight See http://www. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has a related story: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis with President George W. Bush (2003) The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government, whose responsibilities include making yearly State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, attending a grand meeting with all the... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was born in Utah, but his family moved to Los Angeles when he was a boy. His father, Jess Knight, was a mining engineer, but Goodwin followed in his mother's (Lille) father's (John B. Milner) footsteps. This grandfather was a judge in Provo, Utah. State nickname: Beehive State Other U.S. States Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. ... The Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ... A judge or justice is an appointed or elected official who presides over a court. ... Provo, Utah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

He attended high school in Los Angeles, at Manual Arts High School. One of his classmates was Jimmy Doolittle. He earned an A.B. in Law and Business from Stanford University in 1919. Knight also attended Cornell University. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. Japanese high school students in uniform High school, or Secondary school, is the last segment of compulsory education in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (Republic of China) (only junior high school) and the United States. ... Brig. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... Corruption Jurisprudence Philosophy of law Law (principle) List of legal abbreviations Legal code Intent Letter versus Spirit Natural Justice Natural law Religious law Witness intimidation Legal research External links Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Law Look up law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Law, Legal Definitions... Business refers to at least three closely related commercial topics. ... Stanford University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses of the name Cornell, see Cornell (disambiguation). ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... World War I was a basically European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns and poison gas. ...

Knight was a judge of the Superior Court in Los Angeles beginning in 1935. He was reelected in 1936 and 1942 without significant opposition. His case load varied from the glamorous to the mundane. He oversaw weddings and divorces for Hollywood starlets. In law, and more specifically, in the Anglo-American common law legal tradition, a superior court is a court of general jurisdiction over all, or major, civil and criminal cases. ... The Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... ...

He began his political career in 1944, when he pursued the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. He bowed out early, though, to back Fred Houser. He was elected as the Lieutenant Governor under Earl Warren in 1943, and became Governor himself when Warren resigned to become Chief Justice of the United States. 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... This a List of Lieutenant Governors of the State of California, 1850-present. ... Earl Warren Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was a California district attorney, the 30th Governor of California, and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953–1969. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the Judicial Branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the Supreme Court of the United States. ...

As Governor, Knight fought for control of the Republican Party of California with U.S. Senate Majority Leader William Knowland and Vice President Richard Nixon. Knight, who was reelected easily in 1954, at first seemed to make an alliance with Knowland, but this began to change in 1956 when Knowland supported Nixon for renomination to the vice presidency. In 1957, Knowland announced that he would challenge Knight in the primary for governor in 1958. Knight, known as a moderate sympathetic to organized labor, faced a serious threat because the Republican Party was growing more conservative. He was induced by Knowland, Nixon, President Dwight Eisenhower, and others to run for Knowland's Senate seat instead of running for governor again. Both Knowland and Knight went down to defeat in 1958, with Knowland losing the gubernatorial race to Pat Brown and Knight losing the Senate race by over 10% to Clair Engle. This left Nixon in control of the California party and in line for the presidential nomination, which Knowland and Knight had also desired. The Senate Majority Leader is a member of the United States Senate who is elected by his or her party conference to serve as the chief Senate spokesman for his or her party and to manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the Senate. ... William Fife Knowland (June 26, 1908 – February 23, 1974) was a U.S. politician and newpaperman. ... The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who is, in the words of Adlai Stevenson, a heartbeat from the presidency. ... Order: 37th President Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969–1973), Gerald R. Ford (1973–1974) Term of office: January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 Preceded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Succeeded by: Gerald R. Ford Date of birth: January 9, 1913 Place of birth: Yorba Linda, California Date of death: April 22... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A primary election is one in which a political party selects a candidate for a later election by all registered voters in that jurisdiction (nominating primary). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seal of the President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edmund Gerald Brown Sr. ... Clair Engle (September 21, 1911–July 30, 1964) was an American politician. ...

In 1964, Knight endorsed Nelson Rockefeller for the Republican nomination. Rockefeller was unsuccessful in obtaining it. Knight never ran for political office again. 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was a Governor of New York and the 41st Vice President of the United States of America from December 19, 1974 to January 20, 1977. ...

Knight's first wife, Arville, died of a heart attack on October 29, 1952. He and Arville had two daughters. He married Virginia Carlson on August 2, 1954 at the Episcopal Church of Our Savior in Los Angeles. Virginia Carlson's first husband, Lt. Lyle Carlson was killed in action in World War II. October 29 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1952 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons—the atom bomb being the ultimate. ...

Earl Warren Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was a California district attorney, the 30th Governor of California, and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953–1969. ... Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis with President George W. Bush (2003) The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government, whose responsibilities include making yearly State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, attending a grand meeting with all the... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edmund Gerald Brown Sr. ... Frederick Francis Houser served as the Republican Lieutenant Governors of California under governor Earl Warren between 1943 and 1947. ... This a List of Lieutenant Governors of the State of California, 1850-present. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...