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href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Board_of_Supervisors" title="Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors">Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 8, 1992 – December 1, 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Hahn" title="Kenneth Hahn">Kenneth Hahn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Ridley-Thomas" title="Mark Ridley-Thomas">Mark Ridley-Thomas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data">2nd district</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1979 – December 2, 1980</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_A._Hayes" title="James A. Hayes">James A. Hayes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Deane_Dana" title="Deane Dana">Deane Dana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data">4th district</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the<br /><a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>New constituency</i> (Redistricting)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Julian_Dixon" title="Julian Dixon">Julian Dixon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/California%27s_37th_congressional_district" title="California's 37th congressional district">37th district</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1973–1975)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/California%27s_28th_congressional_district" title="California's 28th congressional district">28th district</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1975–1979)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California State Assembly</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/California%27s_63rd_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 63rd State Assembly district">63rd</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 2, 1967 – January 3, 1973</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Don_A._Allen" title="Don A. Allen">Don Allen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Julian_C._Dixon" class="mw-redirect" title="Julian C. Dixon">Julian Dixon</a> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-bottom:-.65em; ; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="line-height:normal; padding:0.2em; border:1px dashed lightgrey;;"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0 0.4em; margin: 0 3.3em">Other positions held </div></th> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Chair_of_Los_Angeles_County" title="Chair of Los Angeles County">Chair of Los Angeles County</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 4, 2007 – December 2, 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zev_Yaroslavsky" title="Zev Yaroslavsky">Zev Yaroslavsky</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Don_Knabe" title="Don Knabe">Don Knabe</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 3, 2002 – December 2, 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zev_Yaroslavsky" title="Zev Yaroslavsky">Zev Yaroslavsky</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Don_Knabe" title="Don Knabe">Don Knabe</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 3, 1997 – December 2, 1998</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zev_Yaroslavsky" title="Zev Yaroslavsky">Zev Yaroslavsky</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Don_Knabe" title="Don Knabe">Don Knabe</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 7, 1993 – December 6, 1994</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edmund_D._Edelman" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund D. Edelman">Edmund D. Edelman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Molina" title="Gloria Molina">Gloria Molina</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair Pro Tem of Los Angeles County</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 5, 2006 – December 4, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zev_Yaroslavsky" title="Zev Yaroslavsky">Zev Yaroslavsky</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Don_Knabe" title="Don Knabe">Don Knabe</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 4, 2001 – December 3, 2002</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zev_Yaroslavsky" title="Zev Yaroslavsky">Zev Yaroslavsky</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Don_Knabe" title="Don Knabe">Don Knabe</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 3, 1996 – December 2, 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zev_Yaroslavsky" title="Zev Yaroslavsky">Zev Yaroslavsky</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Don_Knabe" title="Don Knabe">Don Knabe</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 8, 1992 – December 7, 1993</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edmund_D._Edelman" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund D. Edelman">Edmund D. Edelman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Molina" title="Gloria Molina">Gloria Molina</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Perle Yvonne Watson</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1932-10-05</span>) </span>October 5, 1932<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 92)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Louis Brathwaite</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1957; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1964)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">William Burke</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1972)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Autumn_Burke" title="Autumn Burke">Autumn</a>, and one step daughter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Yvonne Pearl Burke</b> (née <b>Watson</b>, later <b>Brathwaite</b>; born October 5, 1932) is an American politician and lawyer from <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the first African-American woman to represent the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="West Coast of the United States">West Coast</a> in Congress. She served in the U.S. Congress from 1973–1979. She represented the 2nd District on the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Board_of_Supervisors" title="Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors">Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors</a> from 1992–2008.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She served as <a href="/wiki/Chair_of_Los_Angeles_County" title="Chair of Los Angeles County">Chair of Los Angeles County</a> four times and served as chair pro tem three times. </p><p>In 1973, she became the first member of the U.S. Congress to give birth while in office, and she was the first person to be granted maternity leave by the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. </p><p>She serves on the Board of Directors of <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a>, having been appointed to the position by President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> in 2012. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yvonne_Brathwaite_Burke&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yvonne_Watson_-_Manual_Arts_High_School_-_W_1950.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Yvonne_Watson_-_Manual_Arts_High_School_-_W_1950.jpg/150px-Yvonne_Watson_-_Manual_Arts_High_School_-_W_1950.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Yvonne_Watson_-_Manual_Arts_High_School_-_W_1950.jpg/225px-Yvonne_Watson_-_Manual_Arts_High_School_-_W_1950.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Yvonne_Watson_-_Manual_Arts_High_School_-_W_1950.jpg/300px-Yvonne_Watson_-_Manual_Arts_High_School_-_W_1950.jpg 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="507" /></a><figcaption>Yvonne Brathwaite Burke in 1950</figcaption></figure> <p>Perle Yvonne Watson was born on October 5, 1932, in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles</a> as the only child of James A. Watson and the former Lola Moore.<sup id="cite_ref-WWAAA-1998-11thEd_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWAAA-1998-11thEd-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CA-Index-1973_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CA-Index-1973-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After first attending a public school, she was sent to a model school for exceptional children.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/Manual_Arts_High_School" title="Manual Arts High School">Manual Arts High School</a> she was a member of the debate team and served as vice president of the Latin Club her junior year and girls' vice president in her senior year.<sup id="cite_ref-ManualArts-1950-Watson_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ManualArts-1950-Watson-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Burke attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> from c. 1949 to 1951 before receiving a bachelor's degree in political science from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a> in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She subsequently earned a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California_Law_School" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Southern California Law School">University of Southern California Law School</a> in 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Burke is one of the first black women to be admitted to the University of Southern California Law School.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her first entry into the world of politics was when she worked as a volunteer for the reelection of President <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was elected to the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California State Assembly</a> in 1966, representing Los Angeles' 63rd District (1966–1972).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of her early legislative efforts centered around juvenile issues and limiting garnishment of wages. </p><p>She served as vice-chairperson of the <a href="/wiki/1972_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1972 Democratic National Convention">1972 Democratic National Convention</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SlimPast_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SlimPast-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the first African American and the first woman of color to hold that position, and presided for about fourteen hours when the chair left the convention on its last day.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-huffingtonpost1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huffingtonpost1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>That same year, she was elected to the first of three terms in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tenure_in_U.S._Congress">Tenure in U.S. Congress</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yvonne_Brathwaite_Burke&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Tenure in U.S. Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yvonne_Brathwaite.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Yvonne_Brathwaite.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="221" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="221" /></a><figcaption>Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, c. 1975</figcaption></figure><p>During her tenure in Congress, she served on the <a href="/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Assassinations" class="mw-redirect" title="House Select Committee on Assassinations">House Select Committee on Assassinations</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_the_House_Beauty_Shop" title="United States House Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop">House Beauty Shop Committee</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/House_Committee_on_Appropriations" class="mw-redirect" title="House Committee on Appropriations">House Committee on Appropriations</a>; during her tenure on the Appropriations Committee, she fought for increased funding to aid local jurisdictions to comply with desegregation mandates <sup id="cite_ref-SlimPast_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SlimPast-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973, with the birth of her daughter <a href="/wiki/Autumn_Burke" title="Autumn Burke">Autumn</a>, Burke became the first member of Congress to give birth while in office and the first to be granted maternity leave by the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker of the United States House of Representatives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SlimPast_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SlimPast-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She did not seek re-election to Congress in 1978, but instead <a href="/wiki/1978_California_Attorney_General_election" title="1978 California Attorney General election">ran</a> for <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_California" title="Attorney General of California">Attorney General of California</a>. She lost to Republican <a href="/wiki/George_Deukmejian" title="George Deukmejian">George Deukmejian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BlackPast_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlackPast-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_political_career">Later political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yvonne_Brathwaite_Burke&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1979, shortly after she left Congress, Governor <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a> appointed Burke to the Board of <a href="/wiki/Regents_of_the_University_of_California" title="Regents of the University of California">Regents of the University of California</a>; but she resigned later that year when Governor Brown appointed her to fill a vacancy in the District 4 seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Burke was the first female and first African-American supervisor. Her district, however, was largely made up of affluent, conservative white areas on the coast. In 1980, Burke was defeated in her bid for a full term in the seat by Republican <a href="/wiki/Deane_Dana" title="Deane Dana">Deane Dana</a>. In 1982, Brown again appointed her to the Regents.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1992, Burke ran for the District 2 seat on the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. The primary election was held in June, 1992, just weeks after the <a href="/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots" title="1992 Los Angeles riots">1992 Los Angeles Riots</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a hard-fought campaign that often turned negative, Burke narrowly defeated State Senator <a href="/wiki/Diane_Watson" title="Diane Watson">Diane Watson</a>. </p><p>In 2007, Burke announced that she would retire when her term expired in 2008. On July 27, 2007, the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> published a front-page story revealing that she was not living in the mostly low-income district she represented, but rather in the wealthy <a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Brentwood, Los Angeles, California">Brentwood neighborhood</a>, an apparent violation of state law. Burke responded that she was living at her Brentwood mansion because the townhouse she listed in official political filings was being remodeled.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 29, 2012, she was nominated by President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> to serve on the <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> Board of Directors. Confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a>, she has held a seat on that board ever since.<sup id="cite_ref-whitehouse_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whitehouse-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-latimes_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yvonne_Brathwaite_Burke&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1957 she married Louis Brathwaite, divorcing in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She married William A. Burke in Los Angeles on June 14, 1972, just days after she won a Congressional primary against <a href="/wiki/Billy_G._Mills" title="Billy G. Mills">Billy Mills</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_City_Council" title="Los Angeles City Council">Los Angeles City Council</a> member for whom William Burke had worked. William Burke is also the creator of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Marathon" title="Los Angeles Marathon">Los Angeles Marathon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their daughter <a href="/wiki/Autumn_Burke" title="Autumn Burke">Autumn Burke</a> was born on November 23, 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-WWAAA-1998-11thEd_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWAAA-1998-11thEd-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CA-Index-1973_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CA-Index-1973-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CA-Marriage-1972_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CA-Marriage-1972-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yvonne and Autumn are the first mother-and-daughter to both serve in the <a href="/wiki/California_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="California Assembly">California Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Memberships">Memberships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yvonne_Brathwaite_Burke&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Burke is a member of <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Kappa_Alpha" title="Alpha Kappa Alpha">Alpha Kappa Alpha</a> sorority.<sup id="cite_ref-BlackPast_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlackPast-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Burke is a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Public_Administration_(United_States)" title="National Academy of Public Administration (United States)">National Academy of Public Administration.</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yvonne_Brathwaite_Burke&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California" title="1972 United States House of Representatives elections in California">1972 United States House of Representatives elections in California</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Yvonne Brathwaite Burke</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>120,392 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>73.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Greg Tria </td> <td style="text-align:right">40,633 </td> <td style="text-align:right">24.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#00FF00;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Peace_and_Freedom_Party" title="Peace and Freedom Party">Peace and Freedom</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Hagg </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,485 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>164,510 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California" title="1974 United States House of Representatives elections in California">1974 United States House of Representatives elections in California</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Yvonne Brathwaite Burke</a> (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>86,743 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>80.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Tom Neddy </td> <td style="text-align:right">21,308 </td> <td style="text-align:right">19.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>108,051 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California" title="1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California">1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Yvonne Brathwaite Burke</a> (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>114,612 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>80.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Edward S. Skinner </td> <td style="text-align:right">28,303 </td> <td style="text-align:right">19.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>142,915 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yvonne_Brathwaite_Burke&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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"Women Who Make State Laws": pp. 27–34.</li> <li>Gray, Pamela Lee. "Yvonne Brathwaite Burke: The Congressional Career of California's First Black Congresswoman, 1972–1978." Ph.D. diss., University of Southern California, 1987.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yvonne_Brathwaite_Burke&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressB001102" class="citation web cs1">United States Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001102">"Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (id: B001102)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=Yvonne+Brathwaite+Burke+%28id%3A+B001102%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DB001102&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYvonne+Brathwaite+Burke" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.visionaryproject.com/burkeyvonne">Yvonne Burke's oral history video excerpts</a> at The National Visionary Leadership Project</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?22320">Appearances</a> on <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/2378">Join California Yvonne Brathwaite Burke</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California Assembly</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Don_A._Allen" title="Don A. Allen">Don Allen</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California Assembly</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/California%27s_63rd_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 63rd State Assembly district">63rd</a> District </b><br />1967–1973 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Julian_C._Dixon" class="mw-redirect" title="Julian C. Dixon">Julian Dixon</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Van_Deerlin" title="Lionel Van Deerlin">Lionel Van Deerlin</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives_from_California" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Representatives from California">U.S. House of Representatives</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/California%27s_37th_congressional_district" title="California's 37th congressional district">California's 37th congressional district</a> </b><br />1973–1975 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Pettis" title="Jerry Pettis">Jerry Pettis</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alphonzo_E._Bell,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.">Alphonzo Bell</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives_from_California" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Representatives from California">U.S. House of Representatives</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/California%27s_28th_congressional_district" title="California's 28th congressional district">California's 28th congressional district</a> </b><br />1975–1979 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Julian_C._Dixon" class="mw-redirect" title="Julian C. Dixon">Julian Dixon</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Martha_Griffiths" title="Martha Griffiths">Martha Griffiths</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_the_House_Beauty_Shop" title="United States House Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop">House Beauty Shop Committee</a> </b><br />1975–1979 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Position abolished </b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Rangel" title="Charles Rangel">Charles Rangel</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus" title="Congressional Black Caucus">Congressional Black Caucus</a> </b><br />1976–1977 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Parren_Mitchell" title="Parren Mitchell">Parren Mitchell</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_A._Hayes" title="James A. Hayes">James Hayes</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Board_of_Supervisors" title="Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors">Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors</a><br />from the 4th district </b><br />1979–1980 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Deane_Dana" title="Deane Dana">Deane Dana</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Hahn" title="Kenneth Hahn">Kenneth Hahn</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Board_of_Supervisors" title="Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors">Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors</a><br />from the 2nd district </b><br />1992–2008 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Ridley-Thomas" title="Mark Ridley-Thomas">Mark Ridley-Thomas</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Zev_Yaroslavsky" title="Zev Yaroslavsky">Zev Yaroslavsky</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2"><b> Chair Pro Tem of Los Angeles County </b><br />2007–2008<br />2002–2003<br />1997–1998<br />1993–1994 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Don_Knabe" title="Don Knabe">Don Knabe</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edmund_D._Edelman" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund D. Edelman">Edmund D. Edelman</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Molina" title="Gloria Molina">Gloria Molina</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Zev_Yaroslavsky" title="Zev Yaroslavsky">Zev Yaroslavsky</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2"><b> Chair Pro Tem of Los Angeles County </b><br />2006–2007 <br /> 2001–2002 <br /> 1996–1997 <br /> 1992–1993 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Don_Knabe" title="Don Knabe">Don Knabe</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edmund_D._Edelman" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund D. Edelman">Edmund D. Edelman</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Molina" title="Gloria Molina">Gloria Molina</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cfc;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">U.S. order of precedence</a> (ceremonial) </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gallagher_(American_politician)" title="Mike Gallagher (American politician)">Mike Gallagher</a></div><i><b>as Former US Representative </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">Order of precedence of the United States</a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">as Former US Representative</span></i> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; 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