Paul Albert Richie (December 20, 1893 – February 7, 1973) was an American educator, farmer and politician who served four terms in the

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for the 79th district from 1935 to 1943.

Career

Richie was one of two dozen " EPIC Democrats" elected to the

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in 1934. Before his election, he was a member of the

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. He remained a life-long advocate for

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. During his time in the Assembly, he was the only member to vote against a bill banning Communists from working for the state of California. He was defeated by Republican Kathryn Niehouse in his bid for a fifth term, after which he returned to citrus farming. During the

1940 Democratic Party presidential primaries From March 12 to June 27, 1940, voters of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1940 Democratic National Convention through a series of primaries, caucuses, and conventions. Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt was selected as the ...

, Richie joined a left-wing slate pledged to lieutenant governor Ellis E. Patterson for president. They opposed incumbent

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on the grounds he was focusing too much on

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and not enough on domestic unemployment. The Patterson slate lost to Roosevelt's by a margin of fifteen to one.

Works

''Five Men in a Boat''
(1933). San Diego: San Diego Printing Co.

References

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