Clarence J. Tauzer | |
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Member of the
California Senate from the 12th district | |
In office November 19, 1947 - September 4, 1948 | |
Preceded by | Herbert W. Slater |
Succeeded by | Farley Presley Abshire |
Personal details | |
Born | Gilroy, California, U.S. | July 7, 1897
Died | September 4, 1948 San Francisco, California, U.S. | (aged 51)
Political party | Republican |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
Clarence J. Tauzer (July 7, 1897 - September 4, 1948) was a United States lawyer and politician.
Tauzer served in the United States Army during World War I. [1] In the 1920s, he was a football, basketball and sports coach at Santa Rosa Junior College. [2] He moved to Santa Rosa, California in 1923 to join a law practice. He had just graduated from Stanford Law School where he had been student body president and captain of the basketball team. [3]
Tauzer became a member of the California State Senate in 1947. [4] He filled a seat vacated by the death of Herbert Slater. Tauzer died one year later; suffering a heart attack in San Francisco at the age of 51. [5]