“California Senator” Alan Cranston Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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“California Senator” Alan Cranston Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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Alan MacGregor Cranston
(June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a
United States Senator
from
California
from 1969 to 1993, and as a President of the
World Federalist Association
from 1949 to 1952. Born in
Palo Alto, California
, Cranston worked as a journalist after graduating from
Stanford University
. After serving as
California State Controller
, he was elected to the Senate in 1968. He served as the Senate Democratic Whip from 1977 to 1991. In 1984, Cranston sought the Democratic presidential nomination, advocating a
nuclear freeze
during the later stages of the
Cold War
. He dropped out after the first set of primaries. In 1991, the
Senate Ethics Committee
reprimanded Cranston for his role in the
savings and loan crisis
as a member of the
Keating Five
. After being diagnosed with prostate cancer, he decided not to run for a fifth term. After his retirement from the Senate, he served as president of the
Global Security Institute
and advocated for the global abolition of
nuclear weapons
. Cranston was born in
Palo Alto, California
, the son of Carol (née Dixon) and William MacGregor Cranston. He attended
Pomona College
for one year and studied abroad for a summer at the
National Autonomous University of Mexico
before graduating from
Stanford University
in 1936 with a degree in English.