Culbert Olson is perhaps the most anomalous figure in California political history. During the state's long era of Republican dominance, he was the only Democrat to serve as governor.

What Newsom didn’t mention — or didn’t know — is that Culbert Olson is a good model of how not to behave when democracy is under attack. Newsom isn’t an Olson clone. He is Catholic, for ...

Culbert Olson was the only Democrat to serve as governor of California between 1896 and 1958, and he lasted just one term—elected in 1938, ousted in 1942.

Culbert Olson, an atheist, is sworn in as governor in 1939 with a hand in his pocket rather than on a Bible. Courtesy of Debra Deanne Olson Culbert Olson is one of the men whose framed portraits ...

Olson is the focus of a new digital exhibition by the California State Library and California State Archives, ... Take Gov. Culbert Levy Olson, who served from 1939 to 1943.

In 1939 Culbert Olson was the first Democrat in 40 years to be elected governor of California. The country was struggling to get out of the Great Depression and Olson was a staunch supporter of ...

Framing his speech with a quote from the inaugural address of California Governor Culbert Olson (1939-1942) is classic Newsom. It’s supposed to ground in history the rest of his ungrounded ...

Culbert Olson is almost never quoted, much less invoked, by powerful Californians today. Which is what made Gov. Gavin Newsom’s June 25 state-of-the-state speech shocking for anyone whos know ...

Culbert Olson is almost never quoted by powerful Californians today. Which is what made Gov. Gavin Newsom’s June 25 state-of-the-state speech shocking.

Culbert Olson is almost never quoted by powerful Californians today. Which is what made Gov. Gavin Newsom’s June 25 state-of-the-state speech shocking.

Culbert Olson was the only Democrat to serve as governor of California between 1896 and 1958, and he lasted just one term—elected in 1938, ousted in 1942. He was that rarest of birds among ...