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Goodwin Knight. Goodwin Jess "Goodie" Knight (December 9, 1896 – May 22, 1970) was an American politician and judge who served as the 31st governor of California from 1953 to 1959. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 35th lieutenant governor of California from 1947 to 1953 under Governor Earl Warren .
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Goodwin Knight 1953–1959 Significant Facts. Born: December 9, 1896 in Provo, UT Died: May 22, 1970 in Inglewood, CA Married: Virginia Piegrue Carlson on August 2, 1954 in Beverly Hills, CA Political Party: Republican Family. Father: Jesse Knight Mother: Lillie Milner Wife: Arvilla Pearl Cooley (first wife), Virginia Piegrue Carlson
Goodwin Jess Knight was a Republican governor of California from 1953 to 1959. He succeeded Earl Warren after his resignation and was elected in 1954. He improved prison conditions, created the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, and ran for the U.S. Senate in 1958.
Goodwin Knight was the seventh lieutenant governor to move into the California governor’s chair on the death or resignation of a governor. Early Life Knight was born in Provo, Utah, but his family moved to Los Angeles when the boy was eight years old.
The Knight Papers consist of political and personal correspondence, speeches, office claendars, press releases, pamphlets and magazines, information cards, clippings, scrapbooks, condolences, audio-visual materials, photographs, books, memorabilia, legal papers and the manuscript and printed form of a book written by Goodwin Knight as a child, Good's Budget of Stories for Boys (1910).
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Goodwin Jess "Goodie" Knight (December 9, 1896 – May 22, 1970) was an American politician and judge who served as the 31st governor of California from 1953 to 1959. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 35th lieutenant governor of California from 1947 to 1953 under Governor Earl Warren.
