Bill Lockyer
| Bill Lockyer | |
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| 32nd Treasurer of California | |
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In office January 8, 2007 – January 5, 2015 |
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| Governor |
Arnold Schwarzenegger Jerry Brown |
| Preceded by | Phil Angelides |
| Succeeded by | John Chiang |
| 30th Attorney General of California | |
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In office January 4, 1999 – January 8, 2007 |
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| Governor |
Gray Davis Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| Preceded by | Dan Lungren |
| Succeeded by | Jerry Brown |
| President pro tempore of the California Senate | |
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In office January 31, 1994 – February 5, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | David Roberti |
| Succeeded by | John Burton |
| Member of the California Senate from the 10th district |
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In office 1983–1998 |
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| Preceded by | ?? |
| Succeeded by | Liz Figueroa |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 14th district |
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In office 1973–1982 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Crown |
| Succeeded by | Johan Klehs |
| Personal details | |
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William Westwood Lockyer May 8, 1941 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Nadia Davis (2003–present) |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Berkeley University of the Pacific |
William Westwood "Bill" Lockyer (born May 8, 1941) is a veteran California politician, who held elective office from 1973 to 2015, as State Treasurer of California, California Attorney General and President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate. Described by journalistic observers as one of the state's most "colorful" and "shrewdest" public officials, he has long been known to speak his mind with an uncommon frankness that occasionally caused him political embarrassment.
Lockyer attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a BA in Political Science in 1965. His first job was as a public school history teacher. In 1986, Lockyer graduated with a JD from University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law. (He returned to the classroom in 2009 as a non-tenured college professor, teaching a yearly undergraduate course in American State Politics at the University of Southern California.)
Lockyer began his political career as a School Board member of the San Leandro Unified School District, as chair of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee, and California coordinator of Senator George McGovern's 1972 campaign for the Presidency.
Lockyer, who lives in Hayward and Long Beach, California, was married in April 2003 to public service attorney Nadia Lockyer, a former Alameda County Supervisor, with whom he has three children, a twelve-year-old son, and two twin sons, born in December 2015. By an earlier marriage, he also has an adult daughter who is an attorney for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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