George E. Outland

George Elmer Outland (October 8, 1906 – March 2, 1981) was an American educator, photographer, and politician who served two terms as a Democratic United States Congressman from California from 1943 to 1947.

George Elmer Outland
Outland in 1935
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 11th district
In office
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947
Preceded byJohn Carl Hinshaw
Succeeded byErnest K. Bramblett
Personal details
BornOctober 8, 1906
Ventura County, California
 United States
DiedMarch 2, 1981 (age 74)
Anacortes, Washington
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionPolitician

Biography

George Elmer Outland was born in Santa Paula, Ventura County, California, on October 8, 1906. He attended public schools and Whittier College in California, where he received an A.B., in 1928. He received his M.A. from Harvard University in 1929, and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1937. He also attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Outland served as assistant director of boy's work, Hale House, Boston, Massachusetts, from 1928–1930, director of boy's work, Denison House, Boston, Mass., from 1929–1933, Neighborhood House, Los Angeles, California., from 1933 and 1934; supervisor of boys' welfare for Federal Transient Service of Southern California in 1934 and 1935; and director of New Haven Community College in 1935 and 1936. Outland was also a prolific amateur photographer and one of his favorite subjects was baseball. In 2009, McFarland & Company collected several of his photos into Baseball Visions of the Roaring Twenties: a Fan's Photographs of over 400 Players and Ballparks of the Era with text by Outland's son John.[note 1]

He was an instructor at Yale University 1935-1937, and served on the faculty of Santa Barbara State College, from 1937-1942.[1]

Political career

Outland was a delegate to the California State Democratic Conventions from 1942–1950, and was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses (January 3, 1943–January 3, 1947). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress. Outland was later a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions, 1944 and 1948; was chairman of the Democratic State policy committee from 1948 to 1950.

Later career and death

Later in life, he was a professor at San Francisco State College from 1947–1972. Outland resided in Anacortes, Washington, where he died March 2, 1981. Outland was cremated and his ashes are interred at Pierce Cemetery, Santa Paula, California.

Electoral history
1942 United States House of Representatives elections in California[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George E. Outland 31,611 50.7
Republican A. J. Dingeman 30,781 49.3
Total votes 62,392 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic win (new seat)
1944 United States House of Representatives elections in California[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George E. Outland (Incumbent) 52,218 56
Republican A. J. Dingeman 41,005 44
Total votes 93,223 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold
1946 United States House of Representatives elections in California[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ernest K. Bramblett 41,902 53.1
Democratic George E. Outland (Incumbent) 36,996 46.9
Total votes 78,898 100.0
Turnout  
Republican gain from Democratic
1948 United States House of Representatives elections in California[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ernest K. Bramblett (Incumbent) 87,143 80.8
Progressive Cole Weston 14,582 13.5
Democratic George E. Outland (write-in) 6,157 5.7
Total votes 107,882 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

See also

Notes
  1. ISBN 978-0786441235

References
  1. Santa Barbara State College, by state law, converted to UCSB (University of California, Santa Barbara) in 1944
  2. 1942 election results
  3. 1944 election results
  4. 1946 election results
  5. 1948 election results
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