Oral history interview with Leo T. McCarthy : California assemblyman, 1868-1982, California lieutenant governor, 1983-1995, 1995-1996

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Label

Oral history interview with Leo T. McCarthy : California assemblyman, 1868-1982, California lieutenant governor, 1983-1995, 1995-1996

Title remainder

California assemblyman, 1868-1982, California lieutenant governor, 1983-1995

Statement of responsibility

by Carole Hicke

Inclusive dates

1995-1996

Creator

• McCarthy, Leo T., 1930-

Contributor

• Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office
• Hicke, Carole
• State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)

Interviewee

• McCarthy, Leo T., 1930-
• McCarthy, Leo T, 1930-2007

Interviewer

• Hicke, Carole

Subject

• McCarthy, Leo T, 1930-2007
• California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
• Legislators -- California -- Interviews
• oral histories

Genre

• Interviews
• oral histories

Language

eng

Summary

Topics covered include family background, schooling, military service, law school, work with California Democratic party, redevelopment of San Francisco. Worked with Eugene McAteer, Senator S.I. Hayakawa, Mayor Joe Alioto, Speaker Willie Brown. Served under four governors: Pete Wilson, Ronald Reagen, Jerry Brown, George Deukmejian. Discussion of Proposition 13 and Howard Jarvis; Commission on Aging; Speaker of the House and Lieutenant Governor

Additional physical form

Audiotape recording available in the California State Archives.

Biographical or historical data

Born in Auckland, New Zealand of Irish parents, Leo T. McCarthy served California first as an assemblyman from 1962-1982, and then as Lieutenant Governor from 1983-1995. He served in the Air Force from 1951 to 1952, after which he enrolled in University of San Francisco, receiving a BA in history. He attended law school at night while working on political campaigns for Democrats, Phil Burton, Adlai Stevenson and Eugene McAteer. He married in 1955 and entered politics as an administrative assistant to McAteer in 1959. He served as Lt. Governor under Republican George Deukmejian in a time of bitter bipartisanship and political upheavel.

Cataloging source

CLU

Form designation

oral history transcript

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Location of originals duplicates

• The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
• California State University, Fullerton. Library. Oral History Program.
• California State University, Sacramento. Library. University Archives.
• Honnold Library for the Associated Colleges, Claremont, Calif.
• University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.