Oral history interview with Milton Marks ..., 1996

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Label

Oral history interview with Milton Marks ..., 1996

Statement of responsibility

by Donald B. Seney

Inclusive dates

1996

Creator

• Marks, Milton

Contributor

• Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office
• Seney, Donald B
• State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)

Subject

• Reagan, Ronald
• California, Legislature | Senate | Select Committee on Disabilities
• California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
• Political campaigns -- California
• Brown, Jerry, 1938-
• California, State Council on Developmental Disabilities
• Brown, Ralph
• Legislators -- California -- Interviews
• Marks, Milton
• United States, Army | Army, 8th
• Apportionment (Election law) -- California
• Robbins, Alan, 1943-
• Pelosi, Ron
• Gay rights -- California
• Brown, Edmund G., (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines | Mindanao Island
• Milk, Harvey
• California, Legislature | Assembly | Committee on Elections and Reapportionment
• Weinberger, Caspar W
• Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation -- California
• Unruh, Jesse, 1922-1987
• Environmental protection -- Law and legislation -- California
• Wilson, Pete
• Kuchel, Thomas H
• Moscone, George, d. 1978
• Flournoy, Houston I., (Houston Irvine), 1929-
• Brown, Willie L

Genre

• Interviews

Language

eng

Summary

Marks discusses the political career of his father, Milton Marks, Sr., attending Stanford, military service, law school, practicing law, running for the Assembly in 1952 and later, winning an assembly seat in 1958. He continues with his growing dissent over the Republican Party's conservatism, reapportinment, committee assignments, losing his seat, being appointed municipal judge, running for the State Senate in 1967, serving in the senate, legislative priorities, and becoming a Democrat in 1986. Major issues covered include his interest in the environment, BART, reapportionment, gay rights, and programs for the disabled

Additional physical form

Audiotape recording available in the California State Archives.

Biographical or historical data

Milton Marks was born July 22, 1920 in San Francisco, Calif. He received his B.A. degree in political science from Stanford University and his law degree from San Francisco Law School in 1949. In 1958 Marks was elected to the Assembly until reapportionment eliminated his district in 1966. Gov. Pat Brown then appointed him to a municipal court judgeship. He served less than 1 year when he successfully ran for a state senate seat that had become available in 1967. Marks left office in 1996 as a result of term limits.

Cataloging source

CLU

Form designation

oral history transcript

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.

Nature of contents

dictionaries