Charles Samuel Gubser (February 1, 1916 – August 20, 2011) was an American politician who served as a member of the
United States House of Representatives
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from California from 1953 to 1974.
Early life and education
Born in
Gilroy, California
Gilroy is a city in Northern California's Santa Clara County, south of Morgan Hill and north of San Benito County. Gilroy is the southernmost city in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a population of 56,766 as of the 2019 U.S. Census Projection ...
, Gubser attended the public schools and graduated from
Gilroy Union High School in 1932. After attending
San Jose State College
San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) sy ...
for two years, Gubser graduated from the
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937, followed by two years of graduate work.
Career
Gubser taught at
Gilroy Union High School from 1939 to 1943. Gubser had been a farmer since 1940. He served as member of 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.
The A ...
in 1951 and 1952.
Gubser was first elected to represent
California's 10th congressional district
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, which included
San Jose and other parts of
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring Sa ...
, in
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
and was sworn in on January 3, 1953.
After winning re-election ten times, Gubser did not run for re-election in 1974 and resigned his seat on December 31, 1974. Gubser voted in favor of the
Civil Rights Acts of 1957,
1960
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Events
January
* Ja ...
,
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
, and
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
, as well as the
24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement ...
.
Personal life
Gubser died in
Fresno, California
Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, makin ...
, where he had lived since 2005, on August 20, 2011 at age 95.
References
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1916 births
2011 deaths
Farmers from California
Republican Party members of the California State Assembly
People from Gilroy, California
People from Fresno, California
San Jose State University alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California
Schoolteachers from California
20th-century American politicians
Gilroy High School alumni