To install click the Add extension button. That's it.

The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.

4,5
Kelly Slayton
Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!
Alexander Grigorievskiy
I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.
Live Statistics
English Articles
Improved in 24 Hours
Added in 24 Hours
Languages
Recent
Show all languages
What we do. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. Quite the same Wikipedia. Just better.
.
Leo
Newton
Brights
Milds

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William Howard Royer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 11th district
In office
April 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981
Preceded byLeo Ryan
Succeeded byTom Lantos
Personal details
Born
William Howard Royer

(1920-04-11)April 11, 1920
Jerome, Idaho, US
DiedApril 8, 2013(2013-04-08) (aged 92)
Redwood City, California, US
Political partyRepublican
SpouseShirley Royer
Children2
Alma materSanta Clara University, Oklahoma State University
OccupationRealtor, politician

William Howard Royer (April 11, 1920 – April 8, 2013) was an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He served as a U.S. Representative from the 11th Congressional District of California from 1979 until 1981.

YouTube Encyclopedic

  • 1/2
    Views:
    1 244
    5 040
  • Western Illinois University Virtual Commencement Ceremony: College of Fine Arts & Communication
  • Family Album USA 60

Transcription

Early life

On April 11, 1920, Royer was born as William Howard Royer in Jerome, Idaho. Royer's family moved to Redwood City, California. In 1938, Royer graduated from Sequoia High School.[1][2]

Education

Royer earned his B.S. at Santa Clara University and did graduate work at what is now Oklahoma State University.[2]

Career

From 1943 to 1945, Royer served in the United States Army Air Forces. In the 1940s, Royer became a realtor and started Royer Realty Company.[3]

In 1950, Royer's political career began when he served on the Redwood City Council until 1966. In 1956, Royer became mayor of Redwood City until 1960. In 1972, Royer was elected to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors and in 1976, he was reelected.[1]

In 1979, Royer won a special election to succeed the late congressman Leo J. Ryan (D-San Mateo), winning with 57% of the vote. He finished out the remainder of Ryan's term. In the 1980 election, Royer was defeated, losing 46.4% to 43.3% to Democratic challenger Tom Lantos. Royer ran against Lantos again in 1982, losing 57% to 40%.

Personal life

Royer's wife was Shirley. They had two sons, Dennis and Peter. In 2010, Shirley died. On April 8, 2013, Royer died in his home in Redwood City of natural causes. He was 92 years old and three days before his 93rd birthday.[2]

Royer's nephew Jim Harnett is also a politician, as mayor of Redwood City.[1]

Electoral history

1979 Special election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William Royer 52,585 57.3
Democratic G.W. "Joe" Holsinger 37,685 41.1
American Independent Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff 770 0.8
Peace and Freedom Wilson G. Branch 731 0.8
Total votes 91,771 100.0
Turnout  
Republican gain from Democratic
1980 United States House of Representatives elections in California[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tom Lantos 85,823 46.4
Republican William Royer (Incumbent) 80,100 43.3
Peace and Freedom Wilson G. Branch 13,723 7.4
Libertarian William S. Wade Jr. 3,816 2.1
American Independent Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff 1,550 0.8
Total votes 185,012 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican

References

  1. ^ a b c Michelle Durand (April 10, 2013). "Former Redwood City mayor, congressman dies". The Daily Journal. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Bonnie Eslinger. "William H. Royer, former congressman and Redwood City mayor, dies at 92". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  3. ^ "Brandan Royer". teamroyer.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  4. ^ Michael J. Dubin, United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results, McFarland & Company Inc, Jefferson, North Carolina, 1998, p. 714.
  5. ^ 1980 election results

External links

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Leo J. Ryan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 11th congressional district

1979–1981
Succeeded by
This page was last edited on 16 January 2024, at 05:44
Basis of this page is in Wikipedia. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported License. Non-text media are available under their specified licenses. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. WIKI 2 is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wikimedia Foundation.