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Paul Peek (June 5, 1904 - April 7, 1987) was an American attorney, Democratic politician and jurist. Peek practiced law in Southern California prior to his election in 1936 to the California Assembly, where he served as Speaker during the 1939 session. He was appointed Secretary of State in 1940 and then to the Court of Appeal, in December of 1942, where he served for 20 years. In 1962, Governor Pat Brown appointed Peek to the California Supreme Court. Justice Peek retired from the bench in 1966, but continued to work as a consulting attorney and teacher. He died in Sacramento April 7, 1987.[1][2] June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ...
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Early Life
Born in West Union, Iowa, Paul Peek moved to California at age 6. He attended Oregon State University and the University of Oregon before obtaining his legal education at Southwestern University in Los Angeles. Peek practiced law in Long Beach and Los Angeles prior to winning elective office in 1936. West Union is a city located in Fayette County, Iowa. ...
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Member of the Long Beach Jr. Chamber of Commerce (pres., 1935) and the State Jr. Chamber of Commerce (vice-pres., 1936)[3]
Political career California State Assembly, member from Los Angeles County 1936 - 1940[4] (Speaker, 1939 session) The California State Assembly chamber California State Assembly Chamber in the State Capitol The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. ...
In 1938, Assemblyman Peek worked with Senator Culbert Olson to oppose legislation sponsored by the administration of Republican Governor Frank Merriam to treat oil on state lands in Long Beach and Huntington Beach in a manner favored by the oil industry. “It looks very much like we’re turning the oil pool over to private interests lock, stock and barrel,” Peek said.,[5] Frank Finley Merriam (December 22, 1865 – April 25, 1955) was Governor of California from June 2, 1934 until January 2, 1939. ...
University of California Board of Regents, ex officio member, 1939 - 1940.[6] The Regents of the University of California make up the governing board of the University of California. ...
Chairman, Democratic State Central Committee, 1939-40.[7]
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940.[8]
California Secretary of State, 1940 - 1942[9] The Secretary of State of California is the states chief elections officer. ...
Peek was appointed Secretary of State by Democratic Governor Culbert L. Olson in 1940, after the death of the long-time Republican incumbent, Frank C. Jordan. He did not win the general election in 1942, when Republican Frank M. Jordan won back the office that his father had held.[10] Culbert Levy Olson (November 7, 1876 - April 13, 1962) was a U.S. politician. ...
Judicial career California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District Associate Justice, January 1943 - October 1961 Presiding Justice, October 1961-December 1962 Court of Appeals is the title of certain appellate courts in various jurisdictions. ...
Peek was the author of the author of 1951 appellate decision overturning California’s loyalty oath. According to the Daily Bruin, the Court ruled that The Regents' action to require faculty members to sign an affirmation of non-membership in any subversive organization was a violation of the state constitution and "That the pledge is the highest loyalty that can be demonstrated by any citizen, and that the exacting of any other test of loyalty would be antithetical to our fundamental concept of freedom.... [any other decision would] approve that which from the beginning of our government has been denounced as the most effective means by which one special brand of political or economic philosophy can entrench and perpetuate itself to the eventual exclusion of all others . . ." Any "more inclusive" test of loyalty would be the "forerunner of tyranny and oppression," the document added.[11] The Daily Bruin is the official student newspaper of the University of California, Los Angeles, serving the campus and the surrounding Westwood community. ...
California Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1962 - 1966 The Supreme Court of California is the state supreme court in California. ...
Legal career Peek was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1930. He practiced law in Long Beach and Los Angeles prior to his election to the State Assembly in 1936.[12] The State Bars main office in San Francisco is housed on several floors of this office building The State Bar of California is Californias official bar association. ...
Member, Judicial Council of California, 1946-50. Trustee, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento.[13]
After retiring from the Supreme Court, Peek practiced law in Sacrament, with the firm of Wilkie & Fleury.[14]
Notes - ^ State of California Courts official site, accessed 10/07/2006
- ^ Social Security Death Index Search, accessed 02/25/2006
- ^ Regents of the University of California Biographies, accessed 10/07/2006.
- ^ California's State Capitol Museum, Legislative History, accessed 02/25/2006
- ^ US Department of the Interior, "Public Policy, Oil Production, and Energy Consumption in Twentieth- Century California", page 139, accessed 10/7/2006
- ^ UC Berkeley history site, accessed 10/07/2006
- ^ Regents of the University of California Biographies, accessed 10/07/2006.
- ^ The Political Graveyard, accessed 10/07/2006
- ^ California Secreatry of State, History of California State Office Holders, accessed 10/07/2006
- ^ Frank C. Jordan was Secretary of State from 01/01/1911 and his son, Frank M. Jordan held the office from 01/01/1943 until 04/03/1970--a run of 15 consecutive electoral victories for "Frank Jordan." Both died in office.
- ^ Daily Bruin, University of California at Los Angeles student newspaper, Vol. 39, Winter-Spring 1951, Issue No. 41, Apr. 9, 1951, "Oath declared invalid: Decision reinstates instructor", accessed 02/25/2006, bad link 10/07/2007
- ^ State of California Courts official site, accessed 10/07/2006.
- ^ Regents of the University of California Biographies, accessed 10/07/2006.
- ^ Wilke & Fleury, "Looking Back with Sherman C. Wilke", accessed 02/25/2006, page has a 1999 copyright date: “... Wilke met Paul Peek, former Speaker of the Assembly, Secretary of State, Justice of the Third District Court of Appeal and Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, when both had sons in the Boy Scouts. Upon Peek’s retirement from the court, he practiced with Wilke at Wilke & Fleury....”
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