George H. McLain
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George H. McLain (June 24, 1901 – July 12, 1965) was a
promoter from the 1930s through the early 1950s.Career
McLain began his political career campaigning on behalf of
After leading a series of ballot proposition campaigns that all failed in the early 1950s, McLain largely retreated from public life, save to run for federal office twice in the early sixties.
McLain may be best known for running in California's Democratic
McLain ran unsuccessfully, at various times, for the
Personal
McLain married three times, with his second marriage to Rose C. McLain ending in a contested divorce in 1961.[2] Circa 1962 he married Elenor Yorke, a poet, to whom he stayed married until his sudden death in 1965.[3]
Electoral history (incomplete)
California special United States Senate election, 1946:[4]
- William F. Knowland(R) (inc.) - 425,273 (74.31%)
- Will Rogers, Jr.(D) (write-in) - 90,723 (15.85%)
- George H. McLain (D) (write-in) - 17,883 (3.13%)
- Ellis E. Patterson (D) (write-in) - 3,889 (0.68%)
- Douglas Corrigan (Prohibition) (write-in) - 2,464 (0.43%)
- Vic Paulsen (I) (write-in) - 1,616 (0.28%)
- Others write-ins - 26,328 (4.60%)
Democratic presidential primary in California, 1960[5]
- Pat Brown - 1,354,031 (67.69%)
- George H. McLain - 646,387 (32.31%)
- John F. Kennedy - 1,847,259 (31.43%)
- Pat Brown - 1,354,031 (23.04%)
- George H. McLain - 646,387 (11.00%)
- Hubert Humphrey - 590,410 (10.05%)
- George Smathers - 322,235 (5.48%)
- Michael DiSalle - 315,312 (5.37%)
- Unpledged delegates - 241,958 (4.12%)
- Wayne Morse - 147,262 (2.51%)
- Adlai Stevenson - 51,833 (0.88%)
Democratic primaries for U.S. Senate, 1964:[7]
- Pierre Salinger - 1,177,517 (44.26%)
- Alan Cranston - 1,037,748 (39.01%)
- George H. McLain - 180,405 (6.78%)
- Clair Engle (inc.) - 119,967 (4.51%)
- Lynn W. Johnston - 43,744 (1.64%)
- Walter R. Buchanan - 24,093 (0.91%)
- Harold E. Fields - 16,061 (0.60%)
- Demos Cordiero - 15,696 (0.59%)
- Mark Morris - 12,357 (0.46%)
- Emanuel Braude - 10,064 (0.38%)
- Henry A. Mermel - 6,092 (0.23%)
Notes
- ^ Justin, McLain v. Superior Court, Civ. No. 7848, California Third District, August 21, 1950, retrieved May 16, 2020
- ^ Los Angeles Public Library, February 7, 1961, access date May 16, 2020
- ^ The San Bernardino Sun, March 27, 1963
- ^ Our Campaigns - CA US Senate Special Race - Nov 05, 1946
- ^ Our Campaigns - CA US President - D Primary Race - Jun 07, 1960
- ^ Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1960
- ^ Our Campaigns - CA US Senate - D Primary Race - Jun 02, 1964