Charles B. Garrigus (June 13, 1914
Benton, Illinois
Benton is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Illinois. The population was 6,709 at the 2020 census.
History
Founding
Benton, the county seat of Franklin County, took its name from the prominent senator from Missouri, Thomas H ...
– October 4, 2000) was an
American poet
The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country.
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*George Quasha (born 1942 in poetry, 1942)
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professor
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who was
California Poet Laureate
The California Poet Laureate is the poet laureate for the state of California. In 2001, Governor Gray Davis created the official position. Each poet laureate for the State of California is appointed by the Governor of California for a term of t ...
from 1966 to 2000. He also served in the
California State Assembly
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
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for 33rd district from 1959 to 1967.
He lived in
Reedley, California
Reedley is a city in Fresno County, California, United States. It is located in the San Joaquin Valley, east-southeast of Fresno, at an elevation of . The population at the 2010 census was . Its chief economic source is agriculture, particularl ...
and was professor of English at
Reedley College
Reedley College (Reedley or RC) is a public community college in Reedley, California. It is a part of the California Community Colleges system within the State Center Community College District (SCCCD). It is accredited by the WASC Accrediting ...
.
Jess: The Political Career of Jesse Marvin Unruh - Jackson K. Putnam - Google Books
Retrieved 2016-11-23.
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1914 births
2000 deaths
Poets Laureate of California
20th-century American poets
Poets from California
People from Benton, Illinois
People from Reedley, California
Republican Party members of the California State Assembly
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