Randolph Collier

Randolph Collier (July 26, 1902 – August 2, 1983) was a member of the California State Senate. He was Senator from the Second District from 1939 to 1966, and from the First District from 1967 to 1976. Initially a member of the Republican Party, he moved to the Democratic Party in 1959.[1][2]

Randolph Collier
Member of the California State Senate from the 2nd district
In office
1939–1966
Preceded byHenry M. McGuinness
Succeeded byFred W. Marler Jr.
Member of the California State Senate from the 1st district
In office
1966–1976
Preceded byStanley Arnold
Succeeded byRay E. Johnson
Personal details
Born(1902-07-26)July 26, 1902
Etna, California
DiedAugust 2, 1983(1983-08-02) (aged 81)
United States
Political partyRepublican, Democratic

Collier served as chairman of the California Senate Transportation Committee and was the sponsor and co-author of the Collier–Burns Highway Act of 1947, which established the California transportation infrastructure. He was chairman of the Senate Interim Committee on Highways, Streets and Bridges. Collier was an opponent of rapid transit.[3] A rest stop in Siskiyou County, where he lived nearly all of his life, is named after him,[4] as is a tunnel on the Redwood Highway, U.S. Route 199.

In 1976, Collier was defeated for re-election by former state Assemblyman Ray E. Johnson and moved to Sacramento, where he spent the remainder of his life until dying of chronic pulmonary obstruction at the age of 81.[5]

References
  1. California Blue Book, 1963
  2. New York Times - Obituary of Randolph Collier
  3. Inventory of the Randolph Collier Papers, bulk 1945-1955
  4. California Rest Stops
Political offices
Preceded by
Henry M. McGuinness		 Member of the California Senate from the 2nd district
1939–1966		 Succeeded by
Fred W. Marler Jr.
Preceded by
Stanley Arnold		 Member of the California Senate from the 1st district
1966–1976		 Succeeded by
Ray E. Johnson


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