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White">Thomas P. White</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/Raymond_L._Sullivan" title="Raymond L. Sullivan">Raymond L. Sullivan</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;"><a href="/wiki/Chief_judge_(United_States)" title="Chief judge (United States)">Presiding Justice</a> of the<br /><a href="/wiki/California_Courts_of_Appeal" title="California Courts of Appeal">California Third District Court of Appeal</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />October 1961 – December 2, 1962</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="/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_F._Van_Dyke&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Benjamin F. Van Dyke (page does not exist)">Benjamin F. Van Dyke</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/Fred_R._Pierce" title="Fred R. Pierce">Fred R. 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Jordan</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;">47th <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_California_State_Assembly" title="Speaker of the California State Assembly">Speaker of the California State Assembly</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 2, 1939 – June 20, 1939</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/William_Moseley_Jones" title="William Moseley Jones">William Moseley Jones</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/Gordon_Hickman_Garland" title="Gordon Hickman Garland">Gordon Hickman Garland</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 <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_71st_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 71st State Assembly district">71st</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 4, 1937 – March 1, 1940</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/Harry_B._Riley" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry B. Riley">Harry B. Riley</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/Frederick_N._Howser" title="Frederick N. Howser">Frederick N. Howser</a></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">William Paul Peek</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1904-06-05</span>)</span>June 5, 1904<br /><a href="/wiki/West_Union,_Iowa" title="West Union, Iowa">West Union, Iowa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 7, 1987<span style="display:none">(1987-04-07)</span> (aged 82)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento, California</a></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">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><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> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Elizabeth Nash</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1930)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">Attorney</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Paul Peek</b><sup id="cite_ref-wed_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wed-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (June 5, 1904 – April 7, 1987) was an American <a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">attorney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jurist" title="Jurist">jurist</a>. Peek practiced law in southern <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> prior to his election in 1936 to the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California Assembly</a>, where he served as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_California_State_Assembly" title="Speaker of the California State Assembly">Speaker</a> during the 1939 session. He was appointed <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a> in 1940 and then to the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Appeal">Court of Appeal</a>, in December 1942, where he served for 20 years. In 1962, Governor <a href="/wiki/Pat_Brown" title="Pat Brown">Pat Brown</a> appointed Peek to the <a href="/wiki/California_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="California Supreme Court">California Supreme Court</a>. Justice Peek retired from the <a href="/wiki/Bench_(law)" title="Bench (law)">bench</a> in 1966, but continued to work as a consulting attorney and <a href="/wiki/Teacher" title="Teacher">teacher</a>. He died in <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CACourts_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CACourts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Peek_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Peek_(politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/West_Union,_Iowa" title="West Union, Iowa">West Union, Iowa</a>, the son of William M. Peek, he moved to California at age 6. He attended <a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_University" title="Oregon State University">Oregon State University</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oregon" title="University of Oregon">University of Oregon</a> before obtaining his legal education at <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_University_School_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwestern University School of Law">Southwestern University School of Law</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>. He married Elizabeth Nash in 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-wed_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wed-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Peek was admitted to the <a href="/wiki/State_Bar_of_California" title="State Bar of California">State Bar of California</a> in 1930. He practiced law in Long Beach and Los Angeles and was a member of the Long Beach <a href="/wiki/United_States_Junior_Chamber" title="United States Junior Chamber">Junior Chamber of Commerce</a> (president, 1935) and the State Junior Chamber of Commerce (vice-president, 1936).<sup id="cite_ref-Regents_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regents-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career">Career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Peek_(politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1936, Peek was elected to the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California State Assembly</a> from the <a href="/wiki/California%27s_71st_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 71st State Assembly district">71st district</a>, in Los Angeles County, where he served until 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked with Senator <a href="/wiki/Culbert_Olson" title="Culbert Olson">Culbert Olson</a> to oppose <a href="/wiki/Legislation" title="Legislation">legislation</a> sponsored by the administration of Republican Governor <a href="/wiki/Frank_Merriam" title="Frank Merriam">Frank Merriam</a> to treat oil on state lands in Long Beach and <a href="/wiki/Huntington_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Huntington Beach">Huntington Beach</a> in a manner favored by the oil industry. "It looks very much like we're turning the oil pool over to private interests lock, stock and barrel," Peek said.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the start of his second term in the State Assembly, the Democratic-majority State Assembly elected Peek as Speaker (replacing William Moseley Jones who hadn't sought reelection in 1938). Peek's candidacy was strongly supported by his friend and patron, Governor <a href="/wiki/Culbert_L._Olson" class="mw-redirect" title="Culbert L. Olson">Culbert L. Olson</a>. As Speaker, Peek promoted a variety of liberal policies to lessen the impact of the Depression on Californians. His close alliance with the Governor alienated a number of moderate and conservative Democrats, who allied themselves with Republicans to elect <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Hickman_Garland" title="Gordon Hickman Garland">Gordon Hickman Garland</a> as Speaker in 1940. </p><p>Peek was appointed Secretary of State by Democratic Governor <a href="/wiki/Culbert_L._Olson" class="mw-redirect" title="Culbert L. Olson">Culbert L. Olson</a> in 1940, after the death of the long-time Republican incumbent, Frank C. Jordan. He did not win the general election in 1942, when Republican <a href="/wiki/Frank_M._Jordan" title="Frank M. Jordan">Frank M. Jordan</a> won back the office that his father had held.<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><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> </p><p>After Jordan won the 1942 election, Governor Olson appointed Peek to the <a href="/wiki/California_Court_of_Appeal" class="mw-redirect" title="California Court of Appeal">California Court of Appeal</a>'s Third Appellate District in Sacramento.<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> He served as associate justice from January 1943 to October 1961 and as Presiding Justice from October 1961 to December 1962. </p><p>Peek was the author of the 1951 appellate decision overturning California's loyalty oath. According to the <a href="/wiki/Daily_Bruin" title="Daily Bruin">Daily Bruin</a>, the Court ruled that The Regents' action to require faculty members to sign an affirmation of non-membership in any subversive organization was a violation of the State Constitution and "That the pledge is the highest loyalty that can be demonstrated by any citizen, and that the exacting of any other test of loyalty would be antithetical to our fundamental concept of freedom.... [any other decision would] approve that which from the beginning of our government has been denounced as the most effective means by which one special brand of political or economic philosophy can entrench and perpetuate itself to the eventual exclusion of all others . . ." Any "more inclusive" test of loyalty would be the "forerunner of tyranny and oppression," the document added.<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> </p><p>Peek was appointed Associate Justice of the <a href="/wiki/California_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="California Supreme Court">California Supreme Court</a> by Governor <a href="/wiki/Pat_Brown" title="Pat Brown">Pat Brown</a> in 1962. He retired from the bench in 1966. After retiring from the Supreme Court, Peek practiced law in Sacramento, with the firm of Wilke & Fleury.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appointments,_boards_and_memberships"><span id="Appointments.2C_boards_and_memberships"></span>Appointments, boards and memberships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Peek_(politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Appointments, boards and memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regents_of_the_University_of_California" title="Regents of the University of California">University of California Board of Regents</a>, <i>ex officio</i> member, 1939 - 1940.<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></li> <li>Chairman, Democratic State Central Committee, 1939-40.<sup id="cite_ref-Regents_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regents-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Member, Judicial Council of California, 1946-50. Trustee, <a href="/wiki/McGeorge_School_of_Law" title="McGeorge School of Law">McGeorge School of Law</a>, Sacramento.<sup id="cite_ref-Regents_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regents-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <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=Paul_Peek_(politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_California" title="List of justices of the Supreme Court of California">List of justices of the Supreme Court of California</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Peek_(politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-wed-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wed_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wed_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107882735/marriage-of-peek-nash/">"William Paul Peek Weds Pasadena Girl At Elaborate Rites"</a>. <i>The Long Beach Sun</i>. 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Jordan was Secretary of State from 01/01/1911 and his son, Frank M. Jordan held the office from 01/01/1943 until 04/03/1970--a run of 15 consecutive electoral victories for "Frank Jordan." Both died in office.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/ca-roster/pdf/01c_his_off.pdf">California Secretary of State, History of California State Office Holders</a>, accessed 10/07/2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SBS19421224.1.3&srpos=33&e=------194-en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22phil+s.+gibson%22-------1">"Peek Named to Appeals Court"</a>. <i>San Bernardino Sun</i>. No. 49. California Digital Newspaper Collection. Associated Press. 24 December 1942. p. 3<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Wilke"</a>, accessed 02/25/2006, page has a 1999 copyright date: "... Wilke met Paul Peek, former Speaker of the Assembly, Secretary of State, Justice of the Third District Court of Appeal and Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, when both had sons in the Boy Scouts. Upon Peek's retirement from the court, he practiced with Wilke at Wilke & Fleury...."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHistory/regents.html#speakers">UC Berkeley history site</a>, accessed 10/07/2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html">The Political Graveyard</a>, accessed 10/07/2006</span> </li> </ol></div> <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=Paul_Peek_(politician)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cschs.org/history/california-supreme-court-justices/paul-peek/">Paul Peek</a>. California Supreme Court Historical Society.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.courts.ca.gov/2864.htm">Paul Peek</a>. California Court of Appeal, Third District.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.courts.ca.gov/12523.htm">Past & Present Justices</a>. California State Courts. Retrieved July 19, 2017.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/89">Join California Paul Peek</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 #DDCEF2;">Legal offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_P._White" title="Thomas P. White">Thomas P. White</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_California" title="Supreme Court of California">Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court</a> </b><br />December 2, 1962 – December 16, 1966 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Raymond_L._Sullivan" title="Raymond L. Sullivan">Raymond L. Sullivan</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_F._Van_Dyke&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Benjamin F. Van Dyke (page does not exist)">Benjamin F. Van Dyke</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/California_Court_of_Appeal" class="mw-redirect" title="California Court of Appeal">Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal<br />Third District</a> </b><br />October 1961 – December 2, 1962 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Fred_R._Pierce" title="Fred R. Pierce">Fred R. Pierce</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raglan_Tuttle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raglan Tuttle (page does not exist)">Raglan Tuttle</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/California_Court_of_Appeal" class="mw-redirect" title="California Court of Appeal">Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal<br />Third District</a> </b><br />January 4, 1943 – October 1961 </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/Frank_C._Jordan" title="Frank C. Jordan">Frank C. Jordan</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/California_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="California Secretary of State">California Secretary of State</a> </b><br />March 1, 1940 – January 4, 1943 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frank_M._Jordan" title="Frank M. Jordan">Frank M. Jordan</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/William_Moseley_Jones" title="William Moseley Jones">William Moseley Jones</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_California_State_Assembly" title="Speaker of the California State Assembly">Speaker of the California State Assembly</a> </b><br />January 1939 – June 1939 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Hickman_Garland" title="Gordon Hickman Garland">Gordon Hickman Garland</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/Harry_B._Riley" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry B. Riley">Harry B. 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