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William Dennison Stephens ( December 26, 1859 in Eaton, Ohio - April 24, 1944 in Los Angeles, California) was a U.S. political figure. He served as interim mayor of Los Angeles in 1909, and was a 3-term Congressman. Appointed Lieutenant Governor by Governor Hiram Warren Johnson to replace John Morton Eshleman, deceased, taking office July 1916. On March 15, 1917Events January 2 The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. January 22 World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. January 25 The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million January 25 Anti-, the Republican suceeded Hiram Johnson, who resigned to take his seat in the United States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the United States Congress, smaller than the U. House of Representatives. Together, they compose the legislative branch of the United States government. Seal of the Senate Each state elects two senators throu, to become California's 24th Governor. Stephens served the remainder of Johnson's term. World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of started a few months after Stephen's took office; his administration was the target of numerous threats. After the governor's mansion was bombed in December 1917 (the International Workers of the World was blamed), Stephens led the campaign for the passage of a criminal syndicalism law. In 1918Events January January 8 President Woodrow Wilson announces his " Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. February February 3 The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service in San Francisco as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world (11,920 feet long)., he became the first acting governor to be elected in his own right. The only sitting Governor to be admitted to the bar, Stephens entered into private practice after his reelection bid failed.

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Hiram JohnsonHiram Warren Johnson ( September 2, 1866 August 6, 1945) was a California politician. He served as Governor of California from 1911- 1917, and as a United States Senator from 1917- 1945. He is interred in the Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, Californi 		Governors of CaliforniaArnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis with President George W. Bush ( 2003) The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government, whose responsibilities include making yearly "State of the State" addresses to the California Succeeded by:
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