Harvey Hancock
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political consultant |
George Harvey Hancock (January 2, 1900 – January 8, 1996), known as Harvey Hancock, was an aviation executive and a journalist who served as the Northern California campaign manager for Richard Nixon's successful 1950 United States Senate race and then the 1952 general election won by Dwight D. Eisenhower and Nixon.[2]
Life and career
Hancock was born in
Pan American World Airways.[2]
In his promotional role with the Pan American, Hancock became acquainted with influential people all over
Communist sympathies, Hancock refused to distribute it in Northern California.[5] Nixon won the race in 1950, and Hancock was picked to manage the 1952 presidential campaign for Eisenhower and Nixon, covering the same territory. Eisenhower and Nixon won the race.[2]
In the 1970s, Hancock lived in Carmel-by-the-Sea.[4]
Hancock died on January 8, 1996, in Monterey, California.[2]
References
- ^ Breakfast at Owls Nest Camp, Bohemian Grove, July 23, 1967 . Retrieved July 15, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Los Angeles Times, January 12, 1996. Obituaries. "Harvey Hancock; Nixon Campaign Manager". Retrieved on July 15, 2009.
- ^ Sigma Chi Fraternity. The Sigma Chi quarterly: the official organ of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, The Fraternity, 1922.
- ^ a b c d Earl Warren Oral History Project. 1975. Amelia Fry interviews John Dinkelspiel, Frank Jorgensen and Roy Day. Retrieved on July 15, 2009.
- ^ Fry, Dinkelspiel interview, p. 534. Retrieved on July 23, 2009.