CALIFORNIA, USA — John Lowell Burton, a prominent California Democrat who served in the U.S. Congress, state senate and assembly, has died at 92.

Burton, of San Francisco, also reportedly served twice as the chair of the California Democratic Party — once from 1973 to 1974 and again from 2009-2017.

The California Democratic Party building at 9th and S streets in Sacramento is named after him: the “John L. Burton Democratic Headquarters.”

He was elected as a Democrat to the 93rd Congress in 1974 by a special election to fill the vacancy produced by Congressman William Mailliard’s resignation, according to a biographical directory of the U.S. Congress. He served until 1983.

He was elected to the California assembly twice, serving from 1965-1974 then again from 1988-1996, according to

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