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Los Angeles County Places & Things Namedfor Politicians

The Glenn AndersonFreewayTransitway (I-105), in Los Angeles County, is named forGlennM. Anderson.    MountWilson, in the San Gabriel mountains, Los Angeles County, is namedforBenjaminD. Wilson.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Abel Stearns (built 1942 at Terminal Island LosAngeles; scrapped 1966) was named forAbelStearns.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Abiel Foster (built 1941 at Terminal Island LosAngeles; scrapped 1961) was named forAbielFoster.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Albert Gallatin (built 1941 at Terminal Island LosAngeles; torpedoed and sunk 1944 in the Arabian Sea) was named forAlbertGallatin.    The James C. CormanFederalBuilding, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, is named forJamesC. Corman.    The Gerald DesmondBridge(built 1965-68; replacement under construction 2019), which takesOcean Boulevard over the Back Channel, in Long Beach, is named forGeraldDesmond.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Gabriel Duvall (built 1942 at Terminal Island LosAngeles; scrapped 1962) was named forGabrielDuvall.    The World War IILibertyshipSS General Vallejo (built 1943 at Terminal Island LosAngeles; scrapped 1974) was named forMarianoGuadalupe=Vallejo.    Burton ChacePark,in Marina del Rey, is named forBurtonW. Chace.    Thecityof Whittier is named forJohnGreenleaf Whittier.    Thecommunityof Flintridge (now part of La Canada Flintridge) was named forFrankP. Flint.    The World War IILibertyshipSS P. T. Barnum (built 1943 at Terminal Island LosAngeles; scrapped 1961) was named forPhineasTaylor Barnum.    The Vincent ThomasBridge(opened 1963), a suspension bridge over the harbor from San Pedro toTerminal Island, in Los Angeles, is named forVincentThomas.    The Kenneth HahnHallof Administration, in Los Angeles, is named forKennethHahn.    The Kenneth HahnStateRecreation Area, in Los Angeles, is named forKennethHahn.    The Bret HarteNeighborhoodLibrary, in Long Beach, is named forBretHarte.    Herbert HooverHighSchool, in Glendale, is named forHerbertHoover.    Teresa HughesElementarySchool, in Cudahy, is named forTeresaP. Hughes.    KnightHighSchool in Palmdale is named forWilliamJ. Knight.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James B. Weaver (built 1943 at Terminal Island LosAngeles; scrapped 1965) was named forJamesB. Weaver.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Jane Addams (built 1942 at Terminal Island LosAngeles; sold 1947 and converted to a floating wharf) was named forJaneAddams.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James W. Johnson (built 1943 at Terminal IslandLos Angeles; scrapped 1971) was named forJamesW. Johnson.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James Shields (built 1943 at Terminal Island LosAngeles; scrapped 1971) was named forJamesShields.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Anson P. K. Safford (built 1943 at Terminal IslandLos Angeles; scrapped 1965) was named forA.P. K. Safford.    The Patricia NixonElementarySchool (opened 1973; now Nixon Academy), in Cerritos, is namedforPatNixon.    Pat NixonPark(established 1969), in Cerritos, is named forPatNixon.    ParcherPlaza,in the Glendale Civic Center, Glendale, is named forCarrollW. Parcher.    The Pauley Pavilionindoorarena, at theUniversityof California Angeles, Los Angeles, is named forEdwinW. Pauley.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Drake Sloat (built 1942 at Terminal IslandLos Angeles; scrapped 1960) was named forJohnDrake Sloat.    StonemanElementarySchool (now closed), in San Marino, was named forGeorgeStoneman.    Thecityof Downey is named forJohnG. Downey.    WhittierCollege,in Whittier, is named forJohnGreenleaf Whittier.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Cyrus K. Holliday (built 1943 at Terminal IslandLos Angeles; scrapped 1966) was named forCyrusK. Holliday.    The Edmund G. Brown CaliforniaAqueduct,a system of canals and pipelines that brings water to SouthernCalifornia, in Contra Costa, Alameda, San Joaquin, Stanislaus,Merced, Fresno, Kings, Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and LosAngeles counties, is named forEdmundG. Brown, Sr..    The World War IILibertyshipSS Samuel Adams (built 1941 at Terminal Island LosAngeles; scrapped 1966) was named forSamuelAdams.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Abraham Clark (built 1941 at Terminal Island LosAngeles; wrecked and scrapped 1959) was named forAbrahamClark.    The HuntingtonHotel(built 1907 as Hotel Wentworth; expanded and reopened 1914 as theHuntington Hotel; demolished 1989 and rebuilt; now Langham Huntingtonhotel) in Pasadena is named forHenryE. Huntington.    Thecityof Huntington Park is named forHenryE. Huntington.    The HuntingtonLibrary,ArtMuseum, andBotanicalGardens, on his former estate, in San Marino, is named forHenryE. Huntington.    William Howard TaftHighSchool (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), in LosAngees, is named forWilliamH. Taft.    John GlennHighSchool, in Norwalk, is named forJohnGlenn.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John M. Clayton (built 1942 at Terminal Island;bombed 1945; repaired; renamedUSS Harcourt; scrapped 1962)was originally named forJohnM. Clayton.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Harrison Gray Otis (built 1942-43 at TerminalIsland; mined and beached at Gibraltar 1943) was named forHarrisonGray Otis.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Fremont (built 1941 at Terminal Island;mined and wrecked in Manila Bay, Philippines, 1945) was named forJohnC. Frémont.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Page (built 1942 at Terminal Island; scrapped1959) was named forJohnPage.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Hugh S. Legare (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1959) was named forHughS. Legaré.    The World War IILibertyshipSS George Bancroft (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1960) was named forGeorgeBancroft.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Bidwell (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1960) was named forJohnBidwell.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Hinton R. Helper (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1961) was named forHintonRowan Helper.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Steele (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1961) was named forJohnSteele.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John J. Ingalls (built 1943 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1961) was named forJohnJ. Ingalls.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry E. Huntington (built 1943-44 at TerminalIsland; scrapped 1961) was named forHenryE. Huntington.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James Schureman (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1962) was named forJamesSchureman.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Jeremiah S. Black (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1963) was named forJeremiahS. Black.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry M. Rice (built 1943 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1963) was named forHenryM. Rice.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Isaac Coles (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1967) was named forIsaacColes.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James G. Birney (built 1943 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1967) was named forJamesG. Birney.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry H. Sibley (built 1943 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1968) was named forHenryH. Sibley.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John S. Pillsbury (built 1943 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1968) was named forJohnS. Pillsbury.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John A. Sutter (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1969) was named forJohnA. Sutter.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Ward Beecher (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1969) was named forHenryWard Beecher.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James Buchanan (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1969) was named forJamesBuchanan.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James Monroe (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1970) was named forJamesMonroe.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Horace Mann (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1970) was named forHoraceMann.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Baldwin (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1970) was named forHenryBaldwin.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Dockweiler (built 1943-44 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1970) was named forJohnF. Dockweiler.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Granville Stuart (built 1943 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1971) was named forGranvilleStuart.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Hathorn (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1972) was named forJohnHathorn.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Horace Greeley (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scuttled with obsolete ammunition in the North Atlantic Ocean 1966)was named forHoraceGreeley.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John B. Ashe (built 1942 at Terminal Island; sold1947 scrapped 1962) was named forJohnBaptista Ashe.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Goode (built 1943 at Terminal Island; sold1947 scrapped 1967) was named forJohnGoode, Jr..    The World War IILibertyshipSS John P. Altgeld (built 1943 at Terminal Island;sold 1947 scrapped 1969) was named forJohnP. Altgeld.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Tipton (built 1943 at Terminal Island; sold1947; scrapped 1969) was named forJohnTipton.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Langdon (built 1942 at Terminal Island; soldand renamedTblisi; scrapped 1977) was originally named forJohnLangdon.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry C. Wallace (built 1943 at Terminal Island;sold and renamedSS California Sun; after explosion and fire,sank in Indian Ocean, 1967) was originally named forHenryCantwell Wallace.    The World War IILibertyshipSS George Thatcher (built 1942 at Terminal Island;torpedoed and lost in the South Atlantic Ocean 1942) was named forGeorgeThacher.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Knox (built 1941-42 at Terminal Island;torpedoed and lost in the Indian Ocean 1943) was named forHenryKnox.    The Michelle ObamaLibrary,in Long Beach, is named forMichelleObama.    Frank G. BonelliRegionalPark, in San Dimas, is named forFrankG. Bonelli.    The World War IILibertyshipSS William G. Fargo (built 1943 at Terminal Island;sold 1947; scrapped 1967) was named forWilliamFargo.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Stephen Johnson Field (built 1942 at TerminalIsland; sold 1947; scrapped 1968) was named forStephenJ. Field.    The World War IILibertyshipSS William Floyd (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1971) was named forWilliamFloyd.    The World War IILibertyshipSS David R. Francis (built 1943 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1960) was named forDavidR. Francis.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Benjamin Franklin (built 1941 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1958) was named forBenjaminFranklin.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Augustus H. Garland (built 1943 at TerminalIsland; sold private 1947 scrapped 1959) was named forAugustusH. Garland.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Elbridge Gerry (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1966) was named forElbridgeGerry.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Samuel Gompers (built 1942 at Terminal Island;torpedoed and lost in the South Pacific Ocean) was named forSamuelGompers; a secondLibertyship,SS Samuel Gompers II, (built 1944 at Richmond;scrapped 1960) was also named forSamuelGompers.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Benjamin Goodhue (built 1942 at Terminal Island;scrapped 1961) was named forBenjaminGoodhue.

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