What is John L. Burton?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name=John Burton |image=John Burton in 2015.jpg |imagesize= |caption=Burton at the dedication of the John Burton Highway in 2015. |order= |office=Chair of the <br>[[California Democratic Party]] |term_start=2009 |term_end=2017 |lieutenant= |predecessor=[[Art Torres]] |successor= Eric C. Bauman |office2=Member of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]<br />from [[California]] |constituency2={{ushr|CA|6|6th district}} (1974–1975)<br />{{ushr|CA|5|5th district}} (1975–1983) |term_start2 =June 4, 1974 |term_end2 = January 3, 1983 |predecessor2=[[William S. Mailliard]] |successor2=[[Phillip Burton]] |office3= Member of the [[California State Assembly]] |term3= 1965–1974<br>1988–1996 |birth_name=John Lowell Burton |birth_date={{birth date and age|1932|12|15}} |birth_place=[[Cincinnati, Ohio]] |death_date= |death_place= |profession= Politician |party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] |relatives = [[Phillip Burton]] (brother)<br />[[Sala Burton]] (sister-in-law) }} '''John Lowell Burton''' (born December 15, 1932) is an American politician. He was Chairman of the [[California Democratic Party]] from April 2009 until May 2017. He was in the [[California State Assembly]] (1965–74), in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] (1974–83), in the State Assembly again (1988–96), and in the [[California State Senate]] (1996-2004) (representing the [[California's 3rd State Senate district|3rd district]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=15770|title=Term limits mean pink slip for Californias Burton|first=Kathleen|last=Murphy|date=September 15, 2004|publisher=stateline.org|access-date=May 22, 2017|archive-date=April 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412234442/http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=15770|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090116070214/http: