William Harrison Waste was the 21st Chief Justice of California. Waste graduated from the University of California in 1891 and Hastings Law School in San Francisco in 1894. He practiced law in Oakland and later in Berkeley. From 1902 to 1905 he served in the state assembly, and then was appointed to the superior court, where he remained until at least 1914.

Mr. Waste was the first lawyer registered with the State Bar of California. As Chief Justice, he was assigned State Bar Number 1 in 1927 when the State Bar was formed and began registering attorneys and judges.

Kevin Hagan White was a United States politician best known as the Mayor of Boston, an office he was first elected at the age of 38, and that he held for four terms, amounting to 16 years, from 1968 to 1984. He presided as mayor during racially turbulent years in the late 1960s and the 1970s, and the start of desegregation of schools via court-ordered busing of school children in Boston.

White won the mayoral office in the 1967 general election in a hard-fought campaign opposing the anti-busing and anti-desegregation Boston School Committee member Louise Day Hicks. White was earlier elected Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1960 at the age of 31; he resigned from that office after his election as Mayor.

White is credited with revitalizing the waterfront, downtown and financial districts of Boston, and transforming Quincy Market into a metropolitan and tourist destination. In his first term, he implemented local neighborhood “Little City Halls”, though he withdrew from the concept after narrowly winning the 1975 election, during the Boston school desegregation busing crisis, and he subsequently constructed a classic and centralized city political machine.

White was unsuccessful in his efforts to obtain higher office, Governor of Massachusetts, and Vice President of the United States.

Mark White was appointed as Texas secretary of state in 1973. He was elected Chairman of the Southern Conference of Attorneys General in May 1981 and then served as State Attorney General until 1983. White served as 43rd governor of Texas from 1983 – 1987.

William Beck Widnall  was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 24 years representing the 7th district of New Jersey as a Republican.

Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Widnall attended public schools. He graduated from Brown University in 1926 with a Ph.B. degree and went on to receive a law degree from the New Jersey Law School (now Rutgers School of Law–Newark) in 1931.

Widnall then practiced law in Hackensack and served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1946 to 1950. He was elected to Congress on February 6, 1950 in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. Parnell Thomas. Widnall served until his own resignation from Congress on December 31, 1974 following his failed reelection bid in 1974.

After leaving Congress, Widnall served as chairman of the National Commission of Electronic Fund Transfers from November 1975 to 1981. He died in Ridgewood, New Jersey on December 28, 1983.

Wilfley was born near Mexico, Missouri, and attended local country schools in his youth. An 1891 graduate of Clarksburg College, he graduated from Central Methodist College in Fayette, Missouri in 1894, teaching there for one year and at Sedalia High School in Sedalia, Missouri, for three. In 1899 he graduated from Washington University law school and began the practice of law in St. Louis.

From 1917 to 1918 he was the chairman of the city’s board of election commissioners; in 1918 he was appointed to the Senate as a Democrat to fill out the term of William J. Stone, who had died on April 14, 1918. Wilfley served from April 30 to November 5, and was the chairman of the Committee on Industrial Expositions. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat, being defeated by Joseph Folk, who in turn lost to Republican Selden P. Spencer in November.

After leaving the Senate, Wilfley resumed the practice of law, becoming president of the Missouri Bar Association in 1925.

Raymond Eugene Willis was a former United States Senator from Indiana. After graduating from college he moved to Angola, Indiana in 1898 to work in the newspaper printing business. During WWI he served as chairman of Steuben County Council of Defense from 1917-1918.

From 1919 – 1921, Willis was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives and was then elected as a Republican to the U.S Senate in 1940. After one term, he returned to the publishing business as the president of the Steuben Printing Co.

Winter is an American politician from Mississippi. He served as the 58th Governor of Mississippi from 1980 to 1984 as a Democrat. He is known for his strong support of public education, freedom of information, racial reconciliation, and historic preservation.

Winter is best remembered for the passage of the Mississippi Education Reform Act. The law was the first serious attempt at improving state education in over 20 years and established public kindergartens. The Winter administration also successfully rewrote the state public utilities law when the legislature passed the Public Utilities Reform Act.

In 2008 Winter received the Profile in Courage Award by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum for his work advancing education and racial reconciliation.

Clement Calhoun Young was an American teacher and politician who was affiliated with the original Progressive Party and later the Republican Party. He was elected to five consecutive terms in the California State Assembly, serving from 1909 to 1919, then as the 28th lieutenant governor of California, holding that office from 1919 to 1927. On November 2, 1926, he was elected in a landslide victory as the 26th governor of California and served from 1927 to 1931. Young is considered to have been one of the last governors from the Progressive movement.

Jim Risch, currently serving a second term as Idaho’s 28th Senator, holds a longstanding commitment to public service and a passion for good government. Known for “pragmatic decision-making,” Risch is what his peers call a “no-nonsense, get-the-job-done leader” with more than four decades of experience in elected office. He has been recognized by the National Journal as the “Most Conservative” Senator in the United States Senate for two years in a row.

Senator Risch was elected to the United States Senate in November of 2008, after serving as Idaho State senator, lieutenant governor and governor. He serves on five Senate Committees, including the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, giving Idaho a continued voice in legislation that dramatically shapes the West. Risch’s other committee assignments include the Committee on Foreign Relations, Select Committee on Intelligence, Select Committee on Ethics, and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

During his service as Idaho’s 31st governor, Risch lowered property taxes by 2percent providing much-needed tax relief to Idaho taxpayers, while setting aside $100 million in a rainy day fund for schools. He also designed a plan to manage Idaho’s roadless areas and supervised the adoption of a rule that effectively prohibits the construction of traditional mercury-releasing pulverized coal power plants. Both measures earned Risch bipartisan acclaim for his pragmatic approach to natural resource issues and land management.

As governor, Risch also accomplished a number of initiatives to create a streamlined and effective government. He transformed Idaho’s executive office by opening regional offices throughout the state, enhancing communication and responsiveness to Idahoans. Risch also succeeded in a major reorganization of Idaho’s Department of Health and Welfare that allowed for more efficient administration and cost savings.

As a twice-elected lieutenant governor, Risch earned a reputation as an advocate for smart economic development. He continues to work with businesses-new and old alike-to ensure continued prosperity for the people and places of Idaho.

Senator Risch began his career in public service at the age of 27, when he was elected to two terms as Ada County prosecuting attorney. Following his tenure as president of the Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys Association, he served 11 elected terms in the Idaho State Senate. His time as senator was highlighted by his quick election to the leadership positions of majority leader and Senate president pro tempore, serving in the top two positions of Senate leadership for 19 of his 22 years.

Senator Risch earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from the University of Idaho, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Idaho, College of Law. He served on Law Review and the College of Law Advisory Committee at the University of Idaho and has taught criminal law at Boise State University. He was a small business owner, a rancher/farmer and senior partner in the Risch Goss Insinger Gustavel Law firm at the time of his election to the U.S. Senate.

Senator Risch and his wife Vicki have been married for more than 40 years. Their commitment to Idaho and their work together earned them the distinction of being selected as Idaho’s Healthy Marriage Ambassadors in 2007. They have three married sons and six grandchildren. They live on a ranch outside of Boise and maintain an apartment in Washington, D.C.

Arthur Robinson was admitted to the bar in 1910 and began practicing law in Indianapolis. He served in the Indiana Senate from 1914 to 1918 before serving as a first lieutenant, captain, and major in the United Stated Army in World War I.

Following his service in the war, Robinson resumed practicing law and served as the judge of the Marion Superior Court in 1921 and 1922. In 1925 he was appointed to the United States Senate and served until 1935. While in office, he served as chairman for the Committee on Pensions. After his service on Capitol Hill, Robinson practiced law until his death.