John B. Pelletier | |
Birth Date: | 22 September 1884 |
Birth Place: | Quebec, Canada |
Death Place: | Los Angeles, California |
State Assembly: | California |
District: | 44th |
Term: | January 7, 1935 - November 29, 1946 |
Preceded: | Clare Woolwine |
Succeeded: | Edward E. Elliott |
Party: | Democratic |
John B. Pelletier (born September 22, 1884 - November 29, 1946) served in the California State Assembly for the 44th district from 1935 to 1946[1] and was born in Canada.[2] He immigrated to the United States in 1895.[3]
Pelletier is famous for the fact that, in 1934, he was a "bum" on Skid Row in Los Angeles when master lobbyist Arthur Samish cleaned him up and successfully ran Pelletier for the California Assembly.[4]