Harold E. Booth
{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Harold Booth
|office=Member of the California State Assembly from the 4th district
|term_start= January 7, 1963
|term_end= January 4, 1965
|predecessor=Harold Thomas Sedgwick
|successor=Ray E. Johnson
|birth_date=October 30, 1911
|birth_place=Soldier, Kansas, US
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1970|12|06|1911|10|30}}
|death_place= Orland, California, US
|restingplace=
|residence= Orland, California
|party=Democratic
|spouse=Marie Schetinin (m. 1935)
|children=Barbara Marie and Frances Laverne
|occupation=
|alma_mater=
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Harold Edward Booth (October 30, 1911 – December 6, 1970) was a Democratic member of the California State Assembly from the 4th district from 1963 to 1965.
Early life
Booth was born on October 30, 1911, in Soldier, Kansas. He lived in California for most of his life.{{cite book|last1=Driscoll|first1=James D. (chief clerk)|title=Journal of the Assembly - 1971 Regular Session|year=1971|publisher=Legislature of the State of California|pages=154–155|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lR73jOoO-_EC&q=%22Harold+E.+Booth%22+california&pg=PA154|accessdate=15 July 2017}}
Political career
Booth won the 4th State Assembly district election in 1962, narrowly beating Republican candidate Ray E. Johnson.{{cite web|title=JoinCalifornia - Harold E. Booth|url=http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/962|website=www.joincalifornia.com|accessdate=15 July 2017|language=en}} He lost to Johnson two years later, in 1964.{{cite news|title=Democrats Lose Ground In State Legislature|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19641104.2.37|accessdate=15 July 2017|work=The Desert Sun|issue=79|date=November 4, 1964}}
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|title=Member of the California State Assembly from the 4th district
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Category:Democratic Party members of the California State Assembly
Category:People from Orland, California
Category:People from Jackson County, Kansas
Category:20th-century members of the California State Legislature
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