Herschel L. Carnahan

Herschel L. Carnahan
30th Lieutenant Governor of California
In office December 4, 1928 – January 6, 1931
Governor	C. C. Young
Preceded by	Buron Fitts
Succeeded by	Frank Merriam
Personal details
Born	August 31, 1879 Aledo, Illinois, U.S.
Died	March 31, 1941 (aged 61) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Evergreen Cemetery, Riverside, California 33°58′48″N 117°23′13″W / 33.9799°N 117.3869°W
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Monmouth College

Herschel L. Carnahan (August 31, 1879 – March 31, 1941)^[1][2] was the 30th Lieutenant Governor of California, 1928-1931, serving under Governor C. C. Young. He was a Republican. Following a suicide attempt at his office, he died at the Georgia Street Receiving Hospital in Los Angeles. He was interred at the mausoleum at Evergreen Cemetery in Riverside, California.^[3]

References

1. "Carnahan Kills Himself". Los Angeles Times. April 1, 1941.
2. "Regents of the University of California Biographies (C)". University of California History: Digital Archives. University of California at Berkeley. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
3. Herschel L. Carnahan at Find a Grave

• Holmes, Elmer Wallace (1912). History of Riverside County, California. Riverside County: Historic Record Company. pp. 588–589. OCLC 7951260.
• This article incorporates facts obtained from: Lawrence Kestenbaum, The Political Graveyard

External links

• H. L. Carnahan biography at JoinCalifornia.com
• Los Angeles County Biographies: Herschel L. Carnahan at ancestry.com